nosopoetic

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, disease) + ποιητικός (poiētikós, producing).

Adjective

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nosopoetic (comparative more nosopoetic, superlative most nosopoetic)

  1. Producing disease.
    • 1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies:
      I shall make a few Obſervations upon the Qualities of the Air , as far as they are Nosopoetick, that is , have a Power of producing Diseases

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