Lewis & Short

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ădustĭo, ōnis, f. [aduro].

  1. I. A kindling, burning; a burn (concrete only in Pliny): ulcera frigore aut adustione facta, Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 34: adustiones sanat (lactuca), id. 20, 7, 26, § 61.
    Also of plants, e. g. vines, a rubbing, galling, Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 116 al.
  2. II. An inflammation: adustio infantium, quae vocatur siriasis, Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 135.
    Pass., a burned state, picis, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 127.