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81zymotic disease — /zaɪˈmɒtɪk dəziz/ (say zuy motik duhzeez) noun an infectious disease, as smallpox, typhoid fever, etc., which was regarded as due to the presence in the body of a morbific principle acting in a manner analogous to fermentation …
82morbid — a. Medicine, unhealthy; diseased. ♦ morbific, a. causing disease. ♦ morbiferal, ♦ morbiferous, a. carrying disease. ♦ morbidezza, (Italian) n. softness in artistic representation of flesh. ♦ morbidity, n …
83festering — noun 1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus • Syn: ↑suppuration, ↑maturation • Derivationally related forms: ↑mature (for: ↑maturation), ↑ …
84pathogenic — adjective able to cause disease (Freq. 2) infective agents pathogenic bacteria • Syn: ↑infective, ↑morbific • Similar to: ↑unhealthful …
85suppuration — noun 1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus • Syn: ↑festering, ↑maturation • Derivationally related forms: ↑mature (for: ↑maturation), ↑ …
86-fic — suffix (usu. as ific) forming adjectives meaning producing , making (prolific; pacific). Derivatives: fically suffix forming adverbs. Etymology: from or after F fique or L ficus f. facere do, make * * * fik, fēk adjective suffix Etymology: Middle …
87zymotic disease — zymotic disease, any one of various infectious and contagious diseases, such as smallpox and typhoid fever, which were formerly regarded as due to the presence in the system of a morbific principle acting in a manner analogous to the process of… …
