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enthetic, a. Med.|ɛnˈθɛtɪk| [ad. Gr. ἔνθετικ-ός, f. ἐνθε- aor. stem of ἐντιθέναι, f. ἐν in + τιθέναι to place.] Put in; introduced from without. Said of ‘diseases produced by inoculation or implantation, and especially syphilitic diseases’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1867Abyss. Exped. in Standard 23 Nov., Most danger is to be apprehended from the outbreak of epidemics—of smallpox, cholera, and enthetic disease. 1888Sir M. Mackenzie Frederick the Noble 226 The man..urged that the disease might be of an enthetic character. |