a. Obs. Used, after Paracelsus, to describe some supposed class of diseases; explained by some as = under a malignant star, ‘ill-starred’ [as if cacastrical, f. Gr. κακός evil + ἀστήρ star.]
1662. J. Chandler, Van Helmont’s Oriat., 322. He … calls the Body of man Cagastrical or badly Planet-struck.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., The pleurisy, plague, fever, &c., are ranked by that author in the number of cagastric diseases.
