Cāth'e-rē'tic, n.
n. [Gr. καθαιρετικός, from καθαιρεῖν, to bring down or raze, from κατά, down, and αἱρεῖν, to take.] (Med.) A mild kind of caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison.
n. [Gr. καθαιρετικός, from καθαιρεῖν, to bring down or raze, from κατά, down, and αἱρεῖν, to take.] (Med.) A mild kind of caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison.