corrosive
corrosive
corrosive adjective & noun. LME
[Old French corosif, -ive (mod. corr-) from medieval Latin corrosivus, from Latin corros-: see CORROSION, -IVE.
A. adjective
Having the property of corroding, tending to corrode. LME
corrosive sublimate: see SUBLIMATE noun 1
J. Heller The corrosive blot of some crawling disease
fig. Destructive, consuming; fretting, wearing. LME
R. Hooker A pensive and corrosive desire
b. noun
A drug, remedy, etc., that destroys tissue. LME
A chemical that causes corrosion. L15
corrosively adverb L17
corrosiveness noun L16.
rn
Corrosive Category:medicine
corrosive
<chemistry> Refers to any substance that oxidizes metal or flesh, in a chemical labeling context, it specificially refers to a highly reactive substance that causes obvious damage to living tissue.
corrosive
a corrosive liquid such as an acid can destroy metal, plastic etcrn::a highly corrosive substancern written gradually making something weaker, and possibly destroying itrn-synonym damaging damaging
::the corrosive effect of money in modern politics
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corrosive adjective & noun. LME
[Old French corosif, -ive (mod. corr-) from medieval Latin corrosivus, from Latin corros-: see CORROSION, -IVE.
A. adjective
Having the property of corroding, tending to corrode. LME
corrosive sublimate: see SUBLIMATE noun 1
J. Heller The corrosive blot of some crawling disease
fig. Destructive, consuming; fretting, wearing. LME
R. Hooker A pensive and corrosive desire
b. noun
A drug, remedy, etc., that destroys tissue. LME
A chemical that causes corrosion. L15
corrosively adverb L17
corrosiveness noun L16.
rn
Corrosive Category:medicine
corrosive
<chemistry> Refers to any substance that oxidizes metal or flesh, in a chemical labeling context, it specificially refers to a highly reactive substance that causes obvious damage to living tissue.
corrosive
a corrosive liquid such as an acid can destroy metal, plastic etcrn::a highly corrosive substancern written gradually making something weaker, and possibly destroying itrn-synonym damaging damaging
::the corrosive effect of money in modern politics
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