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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

mordicatio

The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.

[R.]

Bacon.

Noun.

[from L. mordeo, to bite.] The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.

Another cause is the mordication of the orifices, especially of the mesentery veins.

mordication ‎(countable and uncountable, plural mordications)

The act of biting or corroding.
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