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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκαθαιρετικός“reducing”
- English todaycatheretic
From Ancient Greek καθαιρετικός (kathairetikós, “reducing”), from καθαιρέω (kathairéō, “take down”).
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catheretic
Today it means: A mild caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Full definition →
Ancient Greek καθαιρετικός