procatarctics

English

Noun

procatarctics (uncountable)

1. The study of procatarctic causes.
   • 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 39:

     Without that, 'tis vain to harangue the world with the formal and formidable pomp of ætiologics, pathognomonics, procatarctics, prognostics...