phagedenic

• phagedaenic

Learned borrowing from Latin phagedaenicus, itself borrowed from Koine Greek φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós), from Ancient Greek φαγέδαινα (phagédaina, “phagedena”).

phagedenic (comparative more phagedenic, superlative most phagedenic)

1. Relating to phagedena. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 203:

     The latter is a phagedenic ulcer of the bark, very destructive to young apple-trees […] .

   • 2022, World Health Organisation: Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection)

     Differential diagnoses of Buruli ulcer include tropical phagedenic ulcers, chronic lower leg ulcers due to arterial and venous insufficiency […]

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