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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] fracture, fr. [GREEK] to break in places;

κατά

down +

ἀγνύναι

to break: cf. F.

catagmatique

(Med.)

Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.

Adj.

That has the quality of consolidating broken parts; promoting the union of fractured bones.

catagmatic ‎(comparative more catagmatic, superlative most catagmatic)