Procatarctic

Pro`cat`arc´tic

a.	1.(Med.) Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial.The physician inquires into the procatarctic causes.- Harvey.

(prō'kă-tark'tik), Rarely used term for denoting the exciting cause of a disease. [G. prokatarktikos, beginning beforehand]

An obsolete term for:
adjective
(1) Pertaining to procatarxis;
(2) Predisposing; or
noun An aetiologic agent.

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