micropathic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to micropathia.
adj
Characterized by a lack of vigor or strength; puny.
Example Sentences
- "There are two medical systems in Siam, which might be called the megalopathic and the micropahtic, as the main distinction between them consists in the amount of the doses."
- "This certain point, roughly stated, is about one-hundredth of the ordinary allopathic dose, that is, if the allopathic dose of rhubarb is ten grains, the micropoathic dose is one-tenth to one-twelfth of a grain, but if this dose causes any irritation, it is a sympton that the quantity given has gone beyond the tonic action and must be reduced, and as the patient is always warned of this action, he can always regulate the quantity taken, according to the symptoms."
- "Bioplasm is rapidly making a record which will give it a prominent place in modern therapeutics, in the treatment especially of the forlorn and hopeless diseases, such as tuberculosis and other micropathic pathology."
- "Even infectious (toxic) micro-organisms are harmless if the blood is healthy; that is, when the normal phagocytic standard is maintained, or in the language of Ehrlich when the side-chain "receptors" are adequate to meet and "fix" the micropathic toxin."
- "Lillie has shown that the presence of the virus in various organs was accompanied by micropathic changes."
- "The combined effects of tissue ischemia secondary to micropathic angiopathy and of eosinophil-derived neurotoxins have been considered to be of pathobiologic significance (30)."