nosopoetic

English

Alternative forms

• nosopoietic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + ποιητικός (poiētikós, “producing”).

Adjective

nosopoetic (comparative more nosopoetic, superlative most nosopoetic)

1. 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

• “nosopoetic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.