diabrotic

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  1. Having the quality of corroding; corrosive: as, a diabrotic substance; diabrotic action.
  2. In medicine, a corrosive.

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  1. from Greek διαβρωτικός, able to eat through, corrosive, from διαβιβρώσκειν (διαβρω-), eat through, from διά, through, + βιβρώσκειν (√*βρω, eat: see broma.
 

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