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Webster 1913 Edition

Adustion

A-dus′tion

(?; 106)
,
Noun.
[L.
adustio
, fr.
adurere
,
adustum
: cf. F.
adustion
.]
1.
The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.
[Obs.]
Harvey.
2.
(Surg.)
Cauterization.
Buchanan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adustion

ADUS'TION

,
Noun.
The act of burning, scorching, or heating to dryness; a state of being thus heated or dried.

Definition 2024

adustion

adustion

English

Noun

adustion ‎(plural adustions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.
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  2. (surgery, obsolete) Cauterization.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Buchanan to this entry?)

Translations

French

Noun

adustion f ‎(plural adustions)

  1. (medicine) cauterization

Old French

Noun

adustion f ‎(oblique plural adustions, nominative singular adustion, nominative plural adustions)

  1. heat; high temperature

Etymology

Latin adustiō.

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