acrodynamic

acrodynamic

English

Etymology

    From acro- + dynamic.

    Adjective

    acrodynamic (not comparable)

    1. (linguistics, Indo-European, of root nominals) Having the accent on the root in the strong cases and on the ending in the weak cases.
      Synonyms: rhizokinetic, acrokinetic
    2. (medicine) Giving rise to an acquired immunity.
      • 1891, New York Medical Journal - Volume 54, page 67:
        If the bacillus, discovered in 1884 by Lustgarten,” in Weigert's laboratory, is really the specific virus of syphilis, this bacillus undoubtedly belongs to the general acrodynamic bacteria, though giving rise to a remarkably slow dynamic evolution of the organisms, this latter remaining unusually long in the different states that correspond to the different degrees of the dynamic evolution of syphilis.
      • 1891, Leartus Connor, The American Lancet - Volume 15, page 357:
        Natural and acquired immunity against general acrodynamic bacteria represents the same condition of the system.