Prō'ca-tārx'is, n.
n. [Gr. προκατάρξις, a first beginning. See supra.] (Med.) The kindling of a disease into action by a procatarctic cause, when a predisposition exists; the procatarctic cause itself of a disease. Quincy.
n. [Gr. προκατάρξις, a first beginning. See supra.] (Med.) The kindling of a disease into action by a procatarctic cause, when a predisposition exists; the procatarctic cause itself of a disease. Quincy.