See Also: phagedaena(dictionary)
beau(dictionary)
en beau(dictionary)
beau-pot(dictionary)
beau(dictionary)
Brummell, Beau(dictionary)
Beau's Bistro(tourism)
Beau Vallon(tourism)
Beau's lines(medicine)
Brummell, Beau(encyclopedia)

beau ideal (iou) and phagedaena (iou)


beau ideal (iou)



beau ideal noun phr. E19.
[French beau ideal = ideal Beauty (now often misunderstood as = beautiful ideal): see BEAU, IDEAL.]
One's highest or ideal type of excellence or Beauty; the perfect model.

phagedaena (iou)



phagedaena noun. Also (earlier) *phagedena. L16.
[Latin from Greek phagedaina, from phagein eat.]
An ulcer resulting from spreading necrosis or gangrene of surrounding tissue.
phagedaenic adjective & noun (a) adjective of the Nature of, characterized by, or affected with phagedaena; (b) adjective & noun (designating) a corrosive liquid preparation used for destroying proud flesh or for cleansing ulcers: M17.
phagedaenous adjective = phagedaenic (a) M17.