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ectrotic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

That tends to prevent the development of something, especially a disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • 1892, William M. Welch, Small-pox, Hobart Amory Hare, Walter Chrystie, A System of Practical Therapeutics, Volume II, Lea Brothers & Co., page 257, If any ectrotic measure were reliable, how easy it would be to limit the amount of cutaneous inflammation, to lessen, if not prevent, the so-called secondary fever, and thus obviate the danger from exhaustion.

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History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκτρωσις (éktrōsis, “abortion”).