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Definition of Diathetic
1. a. Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease.
Definition of Diathetic
1. Adjective. of, relating to, or as a result of diathesis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diathetic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Diathetic
1. Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diathetic
Literary usage of Diathetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Thomas Hawkes Tanner, Alfred Meadows (1879)
"THE diathetic DISEASES. GENERAL REMARKS.—Any one who would treat successfully
the diseases of early life must make himself thoroughly master of whut we may ..."
2. Organizations by James G. March, Herbert Alexander Simon (1878)
"... RICKETS. sim: the affections to the consideration of which tins chapter is
devoted, »re two diseases which have claims to be regarded as of a diathetic ..."
3. On the wasting diseases of infants and children by Eustace Smith (1899)
"Again, in the true diathetic diseases of childhood, hereditary tendency plays a very
... Rickets, then, is not a diathetic disease in the sense in which ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Surgery by John Ashhurst (1893)
"diathetic DISEASES. With regard to Local Measures, beyond care as to the cleanliness
of wound.*, and the use of disinfectants, ..."
5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1860)
"M.—Boston Medical Journal.—Med. Times and Gazette, Feb. 25, 1860, p. 197. 121.—ON
THE diathetic DISEASES OF CHILDHOOD. ..."
6. Constructing Social Theories by Arthur L. Stinchcombe (1885)
"... there are two diseases which have claims tu lie regarded as of a diathetic or
constitutional nature, viz., Cancer and Hereditary Syphilis. ..."
7. The Hahnemannian Monthly (1898)
"FOR an acute illness to run a classical, uncomplicated course, its occurrence in
a perfectly normal constitution, devoid of all diathetic taint and ..."
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