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arrosion

arrosion noun: the wasting away of a vessel wall under pressure.

Noun

arrosion (countable and uncountable, plural arrosions)

  1. The wasting away of a vessel wall under pressure.
  2. (obsolete) A gnawing.
    • Hurt by the Arrosion of its Gristle1707, John Dunton, Athenian Sport

Forms of arrosion

pluralarrosions

Origin of arrosion

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

Questions about arrosion

What does arrosion mean?
Arrosion means the wasting away of a vessel wall under pressure.
What part of speech is arrosion?
Arrosion is a noun.
What is the plural of arrosion?
The plural of arrosion is arrosions.

Words near arrosion in the dictionary

  1. arrope
  2. arrose
  3. arrosed
  4. arroses
  5. arrosing
  6. arrosion
  7. arrosions
  8. arrosive
  9. arrotolata
  10. Arrouet
  11. Arrouets

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