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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obstinate spreading ulcer; an ulcer which eats and corrodes the neighboring parts

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A canine appetite; bulimia.
  • noun Spreading, obstinate ulceration.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine, obsolete Spreading, obstinate ulceration.

Etymologies

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Latin phagedaena, from Ancient Greek.

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