arrosion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin arrodere, arrosum (“to gnaw”). Compare French arrosion.
Noun[edit]
arrosion (countable and uncountable, plural arrosions)
- (medicine) The wasting away of a vessel wall under pressure.
- (obsolete) A gnawing.
- 1707, John Dunton, Athenian Sport:
- Hurt by the Arrosion of its Gristle
References[edit]
- “arrosion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.