cryptogenetic, a. Path.
(ˌkrɪptəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk)
[f. crypto- + -genetic.]
Of a disease: of obscure or unknown origin. Also cryptoˈgenic a.
| 1908 R. Park Mod. Surg. I. 87 Cryptogenetic or spontaneous septicemia is a term applied to those cases in which the port of entry of the germs is no longer visible—e.g., a hypodermic puncture—or cannot be positively determined. 1908 Practitioner Feb. 249–50 Cryptogenic pernicious anaemia... So-called ‘cryptogenic’ sepsis, or pyaemia. 1962 Lancet 27 Jan. 190/1 All cases of liver cirrhosis which cannot be ascribed to abuse of alcohol, occlusive processes of the bile ducts, or hæmochromatosis will be referred to as ‘cryptogenetic cirrhosis of the liver’. |