phagedaena

English

Noun

phagedaena (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of phagedena

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαγέδαινα (phagédaina).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰa.ɡeˈdae̯.na/, [pʰäɡɛˈd̪äe̯nä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.d͡ʒeˈde.na/, [fäd͡ʒeˈd̪ɛːnä]

Noun

phagedaena f (genitive phagedaenae); first declension

1. (medicine) cancer

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phagedaena	phagedaenae
Genitive	phagedaenae	phagedaenārum
Dative	phagedaenae	phagedaenīs
Accusative	phagedaenam	phagedaenās
Ablative	phagedaenā	phagedaenīs
Vocative	phagedaena	phagedaenae

Derived terms

• phagedaenicus

References

• “phagedaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press