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Webster 1828 Edition


Phagedenic

PHAGEDEN'IC

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Adj.
[Gr. to eat.] Eating or corroding flesh; as a phagedenic ulcer or medicine.
Phagedenic water, is made from quick lime and corrosive sublimate.

PHAGEDEN'IC

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Noun.
A medicine or application that eats away proud or fungous flesh.

Definition 2024


phagedenic

phagedenic

English

Adjective

phagedenic (comparative more phagedenic, superlative most phagedenic)

  1. Relating to phagedena.