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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHAGEDENIC

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

 

PHAGEDENIC

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHAGEDENIC; PHAGEDENICAL

Phag `e *den "ic, Phag `e *den "ic *AL, a. Etym: [L. phagedaenicus, Gr. phagédénique.] (Med. )

 

Defn: Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine. -- n.

 

Defn: A phagedenic medicine.