Definition of Acrotic

1. a. Pertaining to or affecting the surface.

Definition of Acrotic

1. Adjective. (medicine) Pertaining to or affecting the surface. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acrotic

1. acrotism [adj] - See also: acrotism

Medical Definition of Acrotic

1. Pertaining to or affecting the surface. Origin: Gr. An extreme, fr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrotic

acrostics
acrosyndesis
acrotarsia
acrotarsium
acroteleutic
acroteleutics
acroter
acroteria
acroterial
acroteric
acroterion
acroterions
acroterium
acroters
acrotheca
acrotic (current term)
acrotism
acrotisms
acrotomous
acrotrophodynia
acrotrophoneurosis
acroyl
acrue
acryl
acrylaldehyde
acrylamide
acrylamides
acrylate
acrylate resin

Literary usage of Acrotic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"... top + fr/*of thyme.] A wart which splits and bleeds, resembling the flower of thyme. acrotic (a-crot'ic). ..."

2. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"Relating to the extremities; applied to conditions in which the extremities are most affected. acrotic ..."

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