nosopoetic
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + ποιητικός (poiētikós, “producing”).
Adjective edit
nosopoetic (comparative more nosopoetic, superlative most nosopoetic)
- Producing disease.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies:
- I shall make a few Obſervations upon the Qualities of the Air , as far as they are Nosopoetick, that is , have a Power of producing Diseases
References edit
- “nosopoetic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.