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catagmatic

catagmatic adjective: having the quality of strengthening or consolidating broken bones.

Adjective

catagmatic

  1. (dated) Having the quality of strengthening or consolidating broken bones.

Noun

catagmatic (plural catagmatics)

  1. (dated) Something that strengthens or consolidates broke bones.
    • "The principal catagmatics were Armenian bole, tragacanth, osteocolla, Cyprus nuts, frankincense, aloes, and acacia."1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “CATAGMATIC”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–H), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC

Forms of catagmatic

pluralcatagmatics

Origin of catagmatic

From Ancient Greek καταγμα (katagma, “fracture”).

Questions about catagmatic

What does catagmatic mean?
Catagmatic means having the quality of strengthening or consolidating broken bones.
What part of speech is catagmatic?
Catagmatic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near catagmatic in the dictionary

  1. catagenic
  2. catagenous
  3. catagens
  4. cataglottism
  5. Catagman
  6. catagmatic
  7. catagory
  8. catagraph
  9. catagraphs
  10. Cataguingtingan
  11. cataholic

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