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  • 91chronic gastritis — chronic inflammatory changes of the gastric mucosa, usually with atrophy; it may be either erosive or nonerosive (see chronic erosive g. and chronic nonerosive g.) …

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  • 92caustic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. corrosive, burning; mordant, sarcastic, satirical, biting, acrimonious; severe. See discourtesy, resentment, detraction, feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Corrosive] Syn. burning, strongly… …

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  • 93caustic — I. n. Catheretic, mordent, erosive. II. a. 1. Erosive, mordent, corrosive, corroding, catheretic, consuming, acrid, virulent, eating. 2. Burning, scalding, scathing, stinging, biting, sharp, cutting, bitter, severe, sarcastic, satirical …

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  • 94Erosion — E*ro sion, n. [L. erosio. See {Erode}.] 1. The act or operation of eroding or eating away. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker. [1913 Webster] 3. The wearing away of the earth s surface by any natural process. The… …

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  • 95Rejuvenated — Re*ju ve*na ted, p. a. from {Rejuvenate}. 1. Rendered young again; as, rejuvenated life. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Phys. Geog.) (a) Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity; said of streams. (b) Developed with steep slopes inside a… …

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  • 96erosion — noun Date: 1541 1. a. the action or process of eroding b. the state of being eroded 2. an instance or product of erosive action • erosional adjective • erosionally adverb …

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  • 97rejuvenate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: re + Latin juvenis young more at young Date: 1789 transitive verb 1. a. to make young or youthful again ; give new vigor to b. to restore to an original or new state < rejuvenate …

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  • 98vesicular stomatitis — noun Date: circa 1903 an acute viral disease especially of various domesticated animals (as horses and cows) that resembles foot and mouth disease, is marked by erosive blisters in and about the mouth, and is caused by any of several&#8230; …

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  • 99canker — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French cancre, chancre, from Latin cancer crab, cancer Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) an erosive or spreading sore (2) an area of necrosis in a plant; also a plant disease characterized by&#8230; …

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  • 100erosiveness — noun see erosive …

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