Meanings
comparative more phagedenic · superlative most phagedenic · alternative phagedaenic
- Relating to phagedena.First known use 17th c.
The latter is a phagedenic ulcer of the bark, very destructive to young apple-trees […].
1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 2031 more example
Differential diagnoses of Buruli ulcer include tropical phagedenic ulcers, chronic lower leg ulcers due to arterial and venous insufficiency […]
2022, World Health Organisation: Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection)
Origin
- Ancient Greekφαγέδαινα“phagedena”
- Koine Greekφαγεδαινικός
- Latinphagedaenicus
- Englishphagedenic
Learned borrowing from Latin phagedaenicus, itself borrowed from Koine Greek φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós), from Ancient Greek φαγέδαινα (phagédaina, “phagedena”).
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