I. |eskə|räd.ik adjective
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French escharotique, from Middle French, from Late Latin escharoticus, from Greek escharōtikos, from (assumed) escharōtos (verbal of escharoun to form an eschar, from eschara eschar) + -ikos -ic — more at scar
: producing an eschar
II. noun
( -s )
: an agent (as a drug) that produces an eschar