arrosion

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

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