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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προκαταρκτικός (prokatarktikós, “first beginning”), from προκατάρχω (prokatárkhō).
Noun
procatarxis
- (medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
1685, Thomas Willis, The London Practice of Physick:a sudden , ſolemn , and invincible cause, without any previous Disposition or Procatarxis
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