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escharotic

Caustic or corrosive. [G. escharotikos]

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es·cha·rot·ic .es-kə-'rät-ik adj producing an eschar

escharotic n an escharotic agent (as a drug)

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es·cha·rot·ic (es″kə-rotґik) [Gr. escharōtikos] 1. corrosive to tissue. 2. an agent corrosive to tissue.

Medical dictionary. 2011.