mordication

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English

Etymology

From Latin mordicatio.

Noun

mordication (countable and uncountable, plural mordications)

  1. (archaic) The act of biting or corroding.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      mordication of the orifices of the parts

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