arrosion

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References

• “arrosion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.