† prophasisn.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin prophasis; Greek πρόϕασις.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prophasis (1679 in the passage translated in quot. 1684²) and its etymon ancient Greek πρόϕασις external cause of a disease (Hippocrates) < προ- pro- prefix² + ϕάσις (see phasis n.).The source of quot. 1684¹, although written in post-classical Latin, uses the Greek form πρόϕασις.

Medicine. Obsolete.

The prognosis or prognostication of a disease; a remote or immediate cause of disease; a predisposition to disease.

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prognosticationa1400

prognosis1650

prophasis1681

prognostic1753

1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Prophasis, the appearing or shewing of a thing.

1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Tract Scurvy in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 187 From such a Prophasis [Gk. προϕἁσες] or occasion, I have known a Lethargie excited in those about to dy.

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 237 Prophasis is a Fore-knowledge in Diseases; also an Occasion of antecedent Cause.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 439/1 Prophasis is also a fore knowledg of Diseases, and in Diseases by antecedent and succeeding causes, to fore-tell the Event of things and what will undoubtedly happen to the sick party.

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1022/2 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.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	prophasis
释义	† prophasisn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin prophasis; Greek πρόϕασις. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prophasis (1679 in the passage translated in quot. 1684²) and its etymon ancient Greek πρόϕασις external cause of a disease (Hippocrates) < προ- pro- prefix² + ϕάσις (see phasis n.).The source of quot. 1684¹, although written in post-classical Latin, uses the Greek form πρόϕασις. Medicine. Obsolete. The prognosis or prognostication of a disease; a remote or immediate cause of disease; a predisposition to disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [noun] > prognosis prognosticationa1400 prognosis1650 prophasis1681 prognostic1753 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Prophasis, the appearing or shewing of a thing. 1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Tract Scurvy in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 187 From such a Prophasis [Gk. προϕἁσες] or occasion, I have known a Lethargie excited in those about to dy. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 237 Prophasis is a Fore-knowledge in Diseases; also an Occasion of antecedent Cause. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 439/1 Prophasis is also a fore knowledg of Diseases, and in Diseases by antecedent and succeeding causes, to fore-tell the Event of things and what will undoubtedly happen to the sick party. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1022/2 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1681
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