Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phagedena

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phage-de-na
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Spreading, obstinate ulceration.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 1941, Sigmund S Greenbaum reviewed the literature on the reported cases of ulcerative pyodermas characterized by the special progression and the undermined borders. He notes that the term phagedena, used in France, was absent from American publications and discussions. Greenbaum proposes a classification of these phagedenic ulcers in primary, arising on normal or traumatized (accidentally or surgically) skin, and secondary, beginning as a venereal disease or an ecthyma."

Etymology

From Latin phagedaena, from Ancient Greek φᾰγέδαινα (phăgédaina, “cancerous sore, canker”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: phagedaena, φᾰγέδαινα

Usage

Inflected Forms

phagedenas (plural)

Derived Forms

phagedenic phagedenous

Questions

What does phagedena mean?: Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
Where does phagedena come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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