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Erodent

E-rod′ent

,
Noun.
[L.
erodens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
erodere
. See
Erode
.]
(Med.)
A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.

Definition 2024


erodent

erodent

See also: érodent

English

Noun

erodent (plural erodents)

  1. Something that erodes.
    • 1912, Clark Ashton Smith, The star-treader and other poems, "Ode to the Abyss", A. M. Robertson, page 18
      Worlds granite-spined / To thine erodents yield

Latin

Verb

ērōdent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of ērōdō