Dictionary entry

Phagedenic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Phag′e‐den″ic (?), Phag′e‐den″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. phagedaenicus, Gr. �: cf. F. phagédénique.] (Med.) Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine. — n. A phagedenic medicine.