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phagedaena

phagedaena is the alternative form of phagedena.

Meaning of phagedena

Noun

phagedena (countable and uncountable, plural phagedenas)

  1. Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
    • In 1941, Sigmund S Greenbaum reviewed the literature on the reported cases of ulcerative pyodermas characterized by the special progression and the undermined borders. He notes that the term phagedena, used in France, was absent from American publications and discussions. Greenbaum proposes a...2018, Daniel Wallach et al., Neutrophilic Dermatoses

Forms of phagedaena

pluralphagedaenas

Questions about phagedaena

What is phagedaena the alternative form of?
Phagedaena is the alternative form of phagedena.

Words near phagedaena in the dictionary

  1. Phagan
  2. Phagans
  3. phage
  4. phage therapies
  5. phage therapy
  6. phagedaena
  7. phagedaenic
  8. phagedaenical
  9. phagedaenous
  10. phagedena
  11. phagedenas

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