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phagedenic

phagedenic adjective: relating to phagedena.

Adjective

phagedenic (comparative more phagedenic, superlative most phagedenic)

  1. Relating to phagedena.
    • 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 203
    • 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)

Forms of phagedenic

comparativemore phagedenic
superlativemost phagedenic
alternative formphagedaenic

Origin of phagedenic

Learned borrowing from Latin phagedaenicus, itself borrowed from Koine Greek φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós), from Ancient Greek φαγέδαινα (phagédaina, “phagedena”).

Words formed from phagedenic

Questions about phagedenic

What does phagedenic mean?
Phagedenic means relating to phagedena.
What part of speech is phagedenic?
Phagedenic is an adjective.

Words near phagedenic in the dictionary

  1. phagedaenic
  2. phagedaenical
  3. phagedaenous
  4. phagedena
  5. phagedenas
  6. phagedenic
  7. phagedenic gingivitis
  8. phagedenical
  9. phagedenous
  10. phagemid
  11. phagemids

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