catheretic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek καθαιρετικός (kathairetikós, “reducing”), from καθαιρέω (kathairéō, “take down”).
Noun
[edit]catheretic (plural catheretics)
- (medicine) A mild caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “CATHERETIC”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
- “catheretic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.