cathereticadj.n.
/kaθəˈrɛtɪk/ Medicine.
Having power to destroy, reduce or consume; corrosive. As n.: An agent for consuming superfluous flesh: a name given to the milder caustics.
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corrosivec1400
adustive?a1425
mortifying?a1425
caustic1555
ustive1598
corrodent1599
escharotic1628
catheretic1634
pyrotic1634
catheretical1638
escharotical1651
calcineous1660
caustical1676
phagedaenic1702
phagedaenical1725
diabrotic1775
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > corrosive or caustic > [noun]
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corsiec1450
caustic1582
corsive1593
corrodent1614
pyrotic1634
escharotic1655
scarotique1673
cautery1689
diabrotic1775
caustic arrow1860
catheretic1887
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. xviii. 1046 Some [pyroticks] are termed cathæreticke [1678 Catheretick] or corroding, for that they waste the proud flesh of an ulcerated..part.
1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) iv. vi. 299 A hot pungent, acrid Matter, of a catheretic Nature, insomuch that, if applied Plaister-wise to the Skin, it will raise a Blister.
1887 Hoblyn's Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. (ed. 11) Cathæretics, the milder caustics, as iodine, creasote, etc., also remedies which reduce superfluous flesh.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > corrosive or caustic > [adjective]
corrosivec1400
adustive?a1425
mortifying?a1425
caustic1555
ustive1598
corrodent1599
escharotic1628
catheretic1634
pyrotic1634
catheretical1638
escharotical1651
calcineous1660
caustical1676
phagedaenic1702
phagedaenical1725
diabrotic1775
1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. ix. 66 Cathereticall medicaments.
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