pythogenicadj.

Brit.

/ˌpʌɪθə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S.

/ˌpaɪθoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πύθειν , -genic comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πύθειν to cause to rot ( < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit pūy- to rot, Lithuanian pūdyti to cause to rot; ultimately < the same Indo-European base as foul adj.) + -genic comb. form.The alleged Greek etymon *πύθογενης cited by Murchison does not appear to be attested.

Medicine. Now historical.

Generated by decomposing organic material or by decay (esp. in pythogenic fever n. at Compounds); of or relating to such generation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > caused by corruption or putridness

putredinal1574

putredinous1708

pythogenic1858

pythogenetic1863

1858 C. Murchison in Jrnl. Royal Medico-chirurg. Soc. 41 221 (note) In the course of this essay I shall bring forward what I consider positive proofs that this fever is produced by emanations from decaying organic matter; and I would therefore suggest for it the appellation of ‘pythogenic fever’.

1874 Times 9 Nov. 7/5 He discusses the so-called ‘pythogenic’ or putrescent theory.

1881 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air i. 15 It was..no problematical pythogenic gas—that killed the worms, but a definite organism.

1938 Isis 28 123 The more common view related infectious disease to microörganisms loosely; and in England the ‘pythogenic’ theory was much in favor.

1993 A. Hardy Epidemic Streets vi. 165 Murchison's pythogenic theory stressed..the danger of faecal effluvia.

Compounds

pythogenic fever n. typhoid fever.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > typhus or typhoid

putrid fever1597

pestilential fever1617

tabardillo1624

synochus1625

Hungaric fever1661

typhus1664

military fever1736

jail distemper1745

hospital fever1750

jail-fever1754

ship-fever1758

typhus fever1780

typhoid fever1789

gastric fever1802

dothinenteritis1826

enteric fever1833

typhoid1837

pythogenic fever1858

thanatotyphus1860

typh fever1861

enteric1872

famine-fever1876

Red River fever1878

laryngo-typhus1888

laryngo-typhoid1896

typh fever1900

paratyphoid1904

1858 [see main sense].

1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. I. iv. 169 No fear of pythogenic fever here!

1920 C. B. Ker Infectious Dis. (ed. 2) 257 Murchison, believing that the disease could originate de novo, from the mere putrefaction of sewage, suggested the name ‘pythogenic fever’, a term which has met with no support.

Derivatives

† pythogenesis n. Obsolete rare generation by decay or decomposing matter.

ΚΠ

1877 J. M. Fothergill Practitioner's Handbk. Treatm. p. xix Pythogenesis.—Sewerage.—Earth closets.

pythogeˈnetic adj. now disused = pythogenic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > caused by corruption or putridness

putredinal1574

putredinous1708

pythogenic1858

pythogenetic1863

1863 Lancet 31 Oct. 518/1 The two Edinburgh professors, Christison and Bennett, have come forward somewhat unexpectedly to testify against the alleged pythogenetic origin of disease.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 792 The pythogenetic theory of Murchison..became untenable.

1903 Lancet 26 Dec. 1834/2 My old friends Murchison and Hart believed, the one that the disease arose from ‘dirt’, was pythogenetic, and the other that it was most frequently connected with polluted water, being, let us say, hydrogenetic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pythogenic
释义	pythogenicadj. Brit. /ˌpʌɪθə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌpaɪθoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πύθειν , -genic comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek πύθειν to cause to rot ( < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit pūy- to rot, Lithuanian pūdyti to cause to rot; ultimately < the same Indo-European base as foul adj.) + -genic comb. form.The alleged Greek etymon πύθογενης cited by Murchison does not appear to be attested. Medicine. Now historical. Generated by decomposing organic material or by decay (esp. in pythogenic fever* n. at Compounds); of or relating to such generation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > caused by corruption or putridness putredinal1574 putredinous1708 pythogenic1858 pythogenetic1863 1858 C. Murchison in Jrnl. Royal Medico-chirurg. Soc. 41 221 (note) In the course of this essay I shall bring forward what I consider positive proofs that this fever is produced by emanations from decaying organic matter; and I would therefore suggest for it the appellation of ‘pythogenic fever’. 1874 Times 9 Nov. 7/5 He discusses the so-called ‘pythogenic’ or putrescent theory. 1881 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air i. 15 It was..no problematical pythogenic gas—that killed the worms, but a definite organism. 1938 Isis 28 123 The more common view related infectious disease to microörganisms loosely; and in England the ‘pythogenic’ theory was much in favor. 1993 A. Hardy Epidemic Streets vi. 165 Murchison's pythogenic theory stressed..the danger of faecal effluvia. Compounds pythogenic fever n. typhoid fever. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > typhus or typhoid putrid fever1597 pestilential fever1617 tabardillo1624 synochus1625 Hungaric fever1661 typhus1664 military fever1736 jail distemper1745 hospital fever1750 jail-fever1754 ship-fever1758 typhus fever1780 typhoid fever1789 gastric fever1802 dothinenteritis1826 enteric fever1833 typhoid1837 pythogenic fever1858 thanatotyphus1860 typh fever1861 enteric1872 famine-fever1876 Red River fever1878 laryngo-typhus1888 laryngo-typhoid1896 typh fever1900 paratyphoid1904 1858 [see main sense]. 1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. I. iv. 169 No fear of pythogenic fever here! 1920 C. B. Ker Infectious Dis. (ed. 2) 257 Murchison, believing that the disease could originate de novo, from the mere putrefaction of sewage, suggested the name ‘pythogenic fever’, a term which has met with no support. Derivatives † pythogenesis n. Obsolete rare generation by decay or decomposing matter. ΚΠ 1877 J. M. Fothergill Practitioner's Handbk. Treatm. p. xix Pythogenesis.—Sewerage.—Earth closets. pythogeˈnetic adj. now disused = pythogenic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > caused by corruption or putridness putredinal1574 putredinous1708 pythogenic1858 pythogenetic1863 1863 Lancet 31 Oct. 518/1 The two Edinburgh professors, Christison and Bennett, have come forward somewhat unexpectedly to testify against the alleged pythogenetic origin of disease. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 792 The pythogenetic theory of Murchison..became untenable. 1903 Lancet 26 Dec. 1834/2 My old friends Murchison and Hart believed, the one that the disease arose from ‘dirt’, was pythogenetic, and the other that it was most frequently connected with polluted water, being, let us say, hydrogenetic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1858
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