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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)

  1. Shaped like a fig.
    • 1868, North American Journal of Homoeopathy (volume 16, page 74)
      The hypertrophic condylomata are either caricous, scolloped or jointy.
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