Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectrotic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-trot-ic
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Dated

Example Sentences

"In this case none of the symptoms were present, and there can be no doubt that the ectrotic treatment really checked the progress of suppuration and modified the disease."
"In both sexes the ectrotic treatment of applying nitrate of silver to the inflamed surface, either in stick or in strong solution, is undesirable, being fraught with untoward results."
"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."

Etymology

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

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more ectrotic (comparative) most ectrotic (superlative)

Questions

What does ectrotic mean?: That tends to prevent the development of something, especially a disease.
Where does ectrotic come from?: From Ancient Greek ἔκτρωσις (éktrōsis, “abortion”).

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