Micropathic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to micropathia. not-comparable, rare
- 2 Pertaining to very small doses of medicines. not-comparable, obsolete
"There are two medical systems in Siam, which might be called the megalopathic and the micropahtic, as the main distinction between them consists in the amount of the doses."
- 3 Involving pathogenic microorganisms. not-comparable, obsolete
"Bioplasm is rapidly making a record which will give it a prominent place in modern therapeutics, in the treatment especially of the forlorn and hopeless diseases, such as tuberculosis and other micropathic pathology."
- 4 Involving pathology that manifests at or results from changes at a microscopic level. not-comparable
"Lillie has shown that the presence of the virus in various organs was accompanied by micropathic changes."
- 5 Characterized by a lack of vigor or strength; puny. not-comparable
"And so a great deal of the people in the Western world have been fed this ample supply of digestible entertainment, the products made for the Anglo-American demos, a product which has sedated them and made the whole of the Western world, more or less, into a micropathic infantilized society obsessed with gentle pleasures and sentimental humanitarianism, the fervor of the grand pathos of tragedy and sublime art dying down in order to embrace a watered down popular culture dictated by London, Los Angeles, and New York."
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More examples"There are two medical systems in Siam, which might be called the megalopathic and the micropahtic, as the main distinction between them consists in the amount of the doses."
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