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‖ prophasis Med.|ˈprɒfəsɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. πρόϕασις (Hippocr.), f. πρό, pro-2 + ϕάσις phase n.]
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1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Prophasis, the appearing or shewing of a thing. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Prophasis, a Fore-knowledge in Diseases; also an Occasion of antecedent Cause. 1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Prophasis, old term for the remote, or procatarctic cause of disease; but Lindenus seems to have taken it for the antecedent, or proximate cause, and the predisposition of the body to disease. 1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Prophasis..the occasion which renders active or efficient a previous disposition to disease. |