caustic
[kaws´tik] 1. burning or corrosive; destructive to tissue.
2. having a burning taste.
3. a corrosive or escharotic agent.
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caus·tic
(kaws'tik), 1. Chemically exerting an effect resembling a burn.
2. An agent producing this effect.
3. Denoting a solution of a strong alkali; for example, caustic soda, NaOH.
[G. kaustikos, fr. kaiō, to burn]
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caus·tic
(kaws'tik) 1. Exerting an effect resembling a burn.
2. An agent producing this effect.
3. Denoting a solution of a strong alkali (e.g., caustic soda, NaOH).
[G. kaustikos, fr. kaiō, to burn]
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caustic
Any chemical substance which corrodes and destroys bodily tissue.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
caustic
The concentration of light in the caustic surface of a bundle of converging light rays which represents the focal image in an optical system uncorrected for spherical aberration. It appears as a hollow luminous cusp with its apex at the paraxial focus.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
caus·tic
(kaws'tik) 1. Chemically exerting an effect resembling a burn.
2. An agent producing this effect.
[G. kaustikos, fr. kaiō, to burn]
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