PHAGEDEN'IC, adjective [Gr. to eat.] Eating or corroding flesh; as a phagedenic ulcer or medicine. Phagedenic water, is made from quick lime and corrosive sublimate. PHAGEDEN'IC, noun A medicine or application that eats away proud or fungous flesh.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI