English Explanatory Dictionary

rhagade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the linear scars or fissures found around the mouth, nose or other mucocutaneous zones, often as a result of bacterial infection or skin lesions.

Word forms

rhagade rhagades

Etymology

from Ancient Greek ῥαγάς (rhagás, “crack, fissure”).

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