phăgĕdaenĭcus, a, um, adj., = φαγεδαινικός,
I spreading like a cancer , can-cerous : vulnera, Plin. 24, 4, 5, § 9.—
2 Transf., of persons, suffering from cancers , cancerous : phagedaenici, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 3, 47.