procatarxis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek προκαταρκτικός (prokatarktikós, “first beginning”), from προκατάρχω (prokatárkhō).
Noun
editprocatarxis
- (medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
- 1685, Thomas Willis, The London Practice of Physick:
- a sudden , ſolemn , and invincible cause, without any previous Disposition or Procatarxis
References
edit- “procatarxis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.