ambustion

English

Etymology

Latin ambustio.

Noun

ambustion (plural ambustions)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
   • 1670, George Thomson, Αἱματιασις; or, the true way of preserving the Bloud:

     I have found it very commodious in Ambustion, scaldings, burnings

References

• “ambustion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Obamunist, moubatins