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† caˈgastric, caˈgastrical, a. Obs. Used, after Paracelsus, to describe some supposed class of diseases; explained by some as = under a malignant star, ‘ill-starred’ [as if cacastrical, f. Gr. κακός evil + ἀστήρ star.]
1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 322 He..calls the Body of man Cagastrical or badly Planet-struck. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., The pleurisy, plague, fever, &c., are ranked by that author in the number of cagastric diseases. |