escharotic

American  

[es-kuh-rot-ik] / ˌɛs kəˈrɒt ɪk /

adjective

1. producing an eschar, as a medicinal substance; caustic.

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noun

1. an escharotic agent.

escharotic British  

/ ˌɛskəˈrɒtɪk /

adjective

1. capable of producing an eschar

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noun

1. a caustic or corrosive agent

Etymology

Origin of escharotic

1605–15; < Late Latin escharōticus < Greek escharōtikós. See eschar, -otic

Example Sentences

It is used in our practice as an escharotic.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Indeed, in this neighbourhood it commonly receives an early check from escharotic applications of the COW LEECH.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

The more modern practice is to heat a piece of rusty hoop iron red hot and to rub a cut lemon on it, and then to apply the rust-stained juice as a mild escharotic.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil

It is also very useful in restoring the hair after the scalp has been attacked with ringworm; but its use requires extreme caution, as it is a powerful escharotic.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

If the frostbite is of a vesicular, pustular, bullous, or escharotic character, the treatment consists in the application of soothing remedies, such as are employed in other like inflammatory conditions.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman