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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADUSTION

n.The act of burning, scorching, or heating to dryness; a state of being thus heated or dried.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADUSTION

A *dus "tion, n. Etym: [L. adustio, fr. adurere, adustum: cf. F.adustion. ]

 

1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. [Obs. ] Harvey.

 

2. (Surg.)

 

Defn: Cauterization. Buchanan.