Adustion

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adustion \A*dus"tion\ (?; 106), n. [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.
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     2. (Surg.) Cauterization. --Buchanan.
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