rhagade

English

Etymology

from Ancient Greek ῥαγάς (rhagás, “crack, fissure”).

Noun

rhagade (plural rhagades)

1. One of the linear scars or fissures found around the mouth, nose or other mucocutaneous zones, often as a result of bacterial infection or skin lesions.

Translations

linear scars or fissures found around the mouth

• Danish: rhagade (da)
• Greenlandic: eqerlunneq
• Italian: ragade (it)

Anagrams

• Hardage, head rag, raghead