Catagmatic

Catagmatic

In pre-modern medicine, the term catagmatic generally referred to any treatment purported to heal bone fractures, by promoting the formation of a callus. The principal catagmatics were Armenian bole, gum tragacanth, osteocolla, Cyprus nuts, frankincense, aloes, and acacia. The word comes from the Greek "καταγμα", "fracture".


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  • Catagmatic — Cat *ag*mat ic, a. [Gr. ? fracture, fr. ? to break in places; kata down + agny nai to break: cf. F. catagmatique.] (Med.) Having the quality of consolidating broken bones. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • catagmatic — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Callus — This article is about calluses and corns of human skin. For other uses, see Callus (disambiguation). Callus Classification and external resources Examples of callus found on the toe ICD …   Wikipedia

  • Bone fracture — Classification and external resources Internal and external views of an arm with a compound fracture, both before and after surgery. ICD 10 …   Wikipedia

  • cat|ag|mat|ic — «KAT ag MAT ihk», adjective. Medicine. having the property of consolidating broken parts; promoting the union of fractured bones: »a catagmatic powder, plaster, or medicine. ╂[< French catagmatique < Greek kátagma, matos fracture <… …   Useful english dictionary

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