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Definition of Corrosive

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

2. Noun. A substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali).

3. Adjective. Spitefully sarcastic. "Corrosive cristism"

Definition of Corrosive

1. a. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid.

2. n. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.

Definition of Corrosive

1. Adjective. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid. ¹

2. Adjective. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. ¹

3. Adjective. destroying or undermining something gradually ¹

4. Noun. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. ¹

5. Noun. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corrosive

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Corrosive

1. 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. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrosive

corrodibility corrodible corrodies corroding corrodingly corrody corrolate corrosibilities corrosibility corrosible

corrosibleness corrosion corrosion casting corrosion of tissue corrosions corrosive (current term) corrosive of tissue corrosive sublimate corrosive ulcer corrosively

corrosiveness corrosivenesses corrosives corrosivity corroval corrovaline corrugant corrugate corrugated corrugated board

Literary usage of Corrosive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"Many substances belonging to this class of poisons po corrosive properties ... Some irritants do not posses any corrosive action—of which we have examples ..."

2. Chemistry by William Thomas Brande, Alfred Swaine Taylor (1863)
"By hot hydrochloric acid it is resolved into mercury and corrosive sublimate; ... By nitric acid it is converted into corrosive sublimate and ..."

3. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"It has sometimes been stated that corrosive sublimate suffers decomposition by exposure to ... The author found corrosive sublimate soluble in water at 57°, ..."

4. A Treatise on Poisons: In Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, and by Robert Christison (1836)
"corrosive sublimate i become the subject of a medico-legal analysis in three states may be in ... Of the Tests for corrosive Sublimate in the solid state. ..."

5. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"corrosive SUBLIMATE. THIS substance is usually known under the chemical name of PERCHLORIDE OF MERCURY ; but, according to some distinguished authorities, ..."

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