“catheretic”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

catheretic

释义

catheretic, a. and n. Med.|kæθəˈrɛtɪk|
Sometimes written cathæretic.
[ad. Gr. καθαιρετικός (in Galen) destructive, consuming, f. καθαιρεῖν to take down, reduce, destroy (f. κατά down + αἱρεῖν to take). Cf. F. cathérétique.]
Having power to destroy, reduce or consume; corrosive. As n.: An agent for consuming superfluous flesh: a name given to the milder caustics.
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xxvi. xviii. (1678) 640 Some [Pyroticks] are termed Catheretick or corroding, for that they waste the proud flesh of an ulcerated..part.1713Lond. & Country Brew. iv. (1743) 299 A hot pungent, acrid Matter, of a catheretic Nature, insomuch that, if applied Plaister-wise to the Skin, it will raise a Blister.1887Hoblyn Med. Dict., Cathæretics, the milder caustics, as iodine, creasote, etc., also remedies which reduce superfluous flesh.
So † catheˈretical a. = prec.
1638A. Read Chirurg. ix. 66 Cathereticall medicaments.

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