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Webster
1913
Edition
Caricous
Car′i-cous
,
Adj.
[L.
carica
a kind of dry fig.]
Of the shape of a fig;
as, a
caricous
tumor
.
Graig.
Webster
1828
Edition
Caricous
CARICOUS
,
Adj.
Resembling a fig an epithet given to tumors that resemble a fig, such as occur often in the piles.
Definition
2024
caricous
caricous
English
Adjective
caricous
(
comparative
more
caricous
,
superlative
most
caricous
)
Shaped like a
fig
.
1868
,
North American Journal of Homoeopathy
(volume 16, page 74)
The hypertrophic condylomata are either
caricous
, scolloped or jointy.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Graig to this entry?)
Etymology
Latin
carica
a kind of dry fig.
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