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Definition of: phagedena
(faj′ə·dē′nə) noun Pathol.
1. An eating, sloughing ulcer; hospital gangrene.
2. Leishmaniasis of the skin.
3. Ravenous hunger; bulimia. Also phag′e·dae′na. [<L phagedaena an eating ulcer <Gk. phagedaina <phagein eat]
—phag′a·den′ic (-den′ik) adjective
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