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EXCITING CAUSE

\ɛksˈa͡ɪtɪŋ kˈɔːz], \ɛksˈa‍ɪtɪŋ kˈɔːz], \ɛ_k_s_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ k_ˈɔː_z]\

Definitions of EXCITING CAUSE

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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The direct provoking c. of a disease.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The immediate or direct cause of an attack of disease.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See proximate cause.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

of disease ; its immediately preceding cause, as distinguished from predisposing cause.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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