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etiotropic

etiotropic adjective: that acts against the cause of a disease.

Adjective

etiotropic (not comparable)

  1. That acts against the cause of a disease

Origin of etiotropic

From etio- + -tropic.

Words formed from etiotropic

Questions about etiotropic

What does etiotropic mean?
Etiotropic means that acts against the cause of a disease.
What part of speech is etiotropic?
Etiotropic is an adjective.

Words near etiotropic in the dictionary

  1. etioplastid
  2. etioplastids
  3. etioplasts
  4. etioporphyrin
  5. etioporphyrins
  6. etiotropic
  7. etiotropically
  8. etiproston
  9. etiquettal
  10. etiquette
  11. etiquettes

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