Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating or subject to dartre; herpetic
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.
- adjective A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called
rheumic diathesis , andherpetism .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the
disease calledtetter ;herpetic .
Etymologies
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French dartreux. See dartars.
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Examples
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The red cabbage, when merely boiled with bacon, or with a little butter and salt, is both nutritious and beneficial in a medicinal point of view, inasmuch as that it possesses great virtue in all scorbutic and dartrous affections.
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli
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