arrosion

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin arrodere, arrosum (to gnaw). Compare French arrosion.

Noun

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arrosion (countable and uncountable, plural arrosions)

  1. (medicine) The wasting away of a vessel wall under pressure.
  2. (obsolete) A gnawing.
    • 1707, John Dunton, Athenian Sport:
      Hurt by the Arrosion of its Gristle

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