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Webster 1913 Edition
Mordication
Morˊdi-ca′tion
,Noun.
[L.
mordicatio
.] The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.
[R.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mordication
MORDICA'TION
,Noun.
Another cause is the mordication of the orifices, especially of the mesentery veins.