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Definition of Caustic

1. Adjective. Harsh or corrosive in tone. "A vitriolic critique"

2. Noun. Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue.

3. Adjective. Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.

Definition of Caustic

1. a. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.

2. n. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

Definition of Caustic

1. Adjective. Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of language etc) sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, sarcastic ¹

3. Noun. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic. ¹

4. Noun. (context: optics computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object. ¹

5. Noun. (mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve. ¹

6. Noun. (context: informal chemistry) caustic soda ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caustic

1. a corrosive substance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Caustic

1. An escharotic or corrosive agent. Synonym: cauterant. Origin: L. Causticus, Gr. Kaustikos This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caustic

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