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English
Etymology
From acro- + dynamic.
Adjective
acrodynamic (not comparable)
- (linguistics, Indo-European, of root nominals) Having the accent on the root in the strong cases and on the ending in the weak cases.
- Synonyms: rhizokinetic, acrokinetic
- (medicine) Giving rise to an acquired immunity.
1891, New York Medical Journal - Volume 54, page 67:If the bacillus, discovered in 1884 by Lustgarten,” in Weigert's laboratory, is really the specific virus of syphilis, this bacillus undoubtedly belongs to the general acrodynamic bacteria, though giving rise to a remarkably slow dynamic evolution of the organisms, this latter remaining unusually long in the different states that correspond to the different degrees of the dynamic evolution of syphilis.
1891, Leartus Connor, The American Lancet - Volume 15, page 357:Natural and acquired immunity against general acrodynamic bacteria represents the same condition of the system.