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单词 rosion
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rosionn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rōsiōn-, rōsiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin rōsiōn-, rōsiō process or sensation of eating away < rōs- , past participial stem of rōdere to gnaw, to eat away (see rodent adj.) + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare earlier erosion n., corrosion n.
Obsolete.
The process of corrosion or erosion. Also: an act of gnawing or biting (rare).
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Rosion,..a gnawing, a griping, a biting, a nibbling.
1680 W. Charleton Enq. Human Nature iii. 72 Acid humors contain'd in the cavity of the stomach; which by astriction, asperity, rosion, and fretting of the inmost membrane of the Stomach..cause it to feel a kind of Vellication or gnawing.
1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Of Feavers in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 190 The rosion or eating away of the Gums and Teeth.
1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann Materia Medica I. Introd. p. xxxvii From Figures arises Stimulation or Rosion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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