catheretic
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek down + to take.
Noun
editcatheretic (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.