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sarcotic

sarcotic adjective: producing or promoting the growth of flesh.

Adjective

sarcotic (comparative more sarcotic, superlative most sarcotic)

  1. (obsolete) Producing or promoting the growth of flesh.
    • sarcotic medicine
    Synonyms:
    incarnative

Noun

sarcotic (plural sarcotics)

  1. (obsolete) Any medicine that promotes the growth of flesh.
    Synonyms:
    incarnative

Synonyms of sarcotic

Forms of sarcotic

Adjective
comparativemore sarcotic
superlativemost sarcotic
Noun
pluralsarcotics

Origin of sarcotic

From Ancient Greek [Term?]; compare French sarcotique. By surface analysis, sarc- + -otic.

Questions about sarcotic

What does sarcotic mean?
Sarcotic means producing or promoting the growth of flesh.
What part of speech is sarcotic?
Sarcotic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sarcotic in the dictionary

  1. sarcosyl
  2. sarcosyls
  3. sarcotesta
  4. sarcotheca
  5. sarcothecas
  6. sarcotic
  7. sarcotics
  8. sarcotoxin
  9. sarcotoxins
  10. sarcotrimitic
  11. sarcotripsy

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