† sarˈcotic, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. mod.L. sarcōtic-us, a. Gr. σαρκωτικός, f. σαρκοῦν (see sarcoma).]
A. adj. Producing flesh; inducing the growth of flesh; = incarnative a.
| 1656 Ridgley Pract. Physick 127 Sarcotick remedies. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 81 Ointment of Woodbine is a most excellent Sarcotick Medicine. |
B. n. = incarnative n.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. iv. i. 129 The best Sarcotick, confected of Ceratum, and a twelfth part of Verdigrease. 1676 Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. 340 Where there is loss of Substance, there he must assist Nature with his Sarcoticks. 1676 J. Cooke Marrow Chirurg. (1685) iv. ix. 216 Use first exceedents and then Sarcoticks. |