phagedænic, -enic, a. (n.)
(fædʒɪˈdiːnɪk, -ˈdɛnɪk, fægɪ-)
[ad. L. phagedænic-us, Gr. ϕαγεδαινικ-ός, f. ϕαγέδαινα: see prec.]
1. Path. Of the nature of, characterized by, or affected with, phagedæna or spreading ulcer.
| [1563 T. Gale Antidot. ii. 65 It..is approued in eatynge vlcers called Phagedenica, &c.] 1656 Blount Glossogr., Phagedenick. 1754 Gooch in Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 815 He had an ulcer upon his leg, of the phagedænic kind. 1816 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Obs. Surg. (1826) 194 On hospital gangrene, and the sloughing phagedenic ulcer, which occurs on board ships of war and in naval and military hospitals. 1897 M. Kingsley W. Africa 618 The great prevalence there of phagedænic ulcers. |
† 2. Med. Applied to a corrosive liquid preparation used for destroying proud flesh, or for cleansing ulcers. Also ellipt. as n. Obs.
| 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Phagadenick Water, is made by dissolving a Dram of Sublimate Corrosive in a Pound of Lime Water. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., Phagedænic medicines..are used to eat off fungous, or proud flesh. 1766 Complete Farmer s.v. Poll-evil, Some wash with the phagædenic water. 1799 Hooper Med. Dict., Phagedænics, medicines that destroy fungous flesh. |
So † phageˈdænical (-den-), phageˈdænous a.
| 1635 Read Tumors & Vlcers 273 A..phagedænicall and cancerous ulcer of the head. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Wounds, It is called by Farriers..the Phagedenical Water. 1659 Hickman Justif. Fathers 15 Phagedænous and eating sores. 1895 Times 18 Feb. 13/5 The phagedenous ulcer has, by some miracle, become the source of nourishment. |