a. Gr. σποδο-, combining stem of σποδός SPODE1, as in Spodogenic a., Spodogenous a., Path. characterized by the production of waste organic matter. Spodomancy, divination by means of ashes (Smart, 1836). Spodomantic a., divining by ashes.
1857. Kingsley, Two Y. Ago, I. vii. 186. [He] stared fiercely into the fire, as if to draw from thence omens of his love, by the spodomantic augury of the ancient Greeks.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., IV. 525. This process may lead to what is called a spodogenous enlargement of the organ.
19[?]. Buck’s Med. Handbk., VI. 413 (Cent. Suppl.). Spodogenic.
