| adust | 1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. "The Libyan air adust." 2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt. "A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion." (Sir W. Scott) 3. <medicine> Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy. Origin: L. Adustus, p. P. Of adurere: cf. F. Aduste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| adustion | 1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. 2. <surgery> Cauterization. Origin: L. Adustio, fr. Adurere, adustum: cf. F. Adustion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |