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procatarctic

procatarctic adjective: beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial.

Adjective

procatarctic (not comparable)

  1. Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial.
  2. Descriptive of an existing condition or state that caused, predisposed for or excited a present condition.
    • Procatarctic cause, called also primitive and incipient cause, is either an occasion which of its own nature does not beget a disease, but, happening on a body inclined to diseases, breeds a fever, gout &c. (such as are watching, fasting, and the like); or an evident and manifest cause, which...1797, Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Causes", page 271

Questions about procatarctic

What does procatarctic mean?
Procatarctic means beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial.
What part of speech is procatarctic?
Procatarctic is an adjective.

Words near procatarctic in the dictionary

  1. procaspase
  2. procaspases
  3. procatabolic
  4. procatalepsis
  5. procataleptic
  6. procatarctic
  7. procatarctics
  8. procatarxis
  9. procaterol
  10. procathedral
  11. procathedrals

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