catheretic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mild caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.

Word forms

catheretic catheretics

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καθαιρετικός (kathairetikós, “reducing”), from καθαιρέω (kathairéō, “take down”).

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