(a.) Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
(a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.
Example Sentences:
(1) According to the report filed by the New York state department of financial services (NYSDFS), when warned by a US colleague about dealings with Iran, a Standard Chartered executive caustically replied: "You f---ing Americans.
(2) He had severe standards and was caustic about people in public life and the way things were run.
(3) Fatale haemoptysis occurred as a result of circumferential caustic erosion to the right intermediate bronchus caused by a tablet of ferrous sulphate which remained in contact for 4 days.
(4) Four cases of combined hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal stricture secondary to caustic ingestion are presented.
(5) Initial endoscopic examination showed moderate caustic esophagitis in all patients, and esophageal atony and poor distension were early roentgenographic observations.
(6) The stigma of having no brothers or sisters meant that any acting up was immediately dismissed with a caustic, “Well, he is an only child.” The subtext was that my parents had doted on me excessively, inflating my sense of importance.
(7) The caustic property of silver nitrate prompted a double-blind, controlled study of a possible causal relationship between use of the agent for prophylaxis against ophthalmic infection in the newborn and the subsequent development of nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
(8) The effects of accidental ingestion of a caustic detergent are studied in the report of 14 patients seen in the Hennepin County Medical Center.
(9) The success of conservative treatment has been higher in patients younger than 8 years of age, and in strictures due to caustics other than lye involving upper third portion and less than five cm of an esophageal segment.
(10) Despite the sometimes self-deprecating shtick – in sharp contrast to Putin's self-mythologising antics – there remains disquiet about what Navalny really represents, behind the caustic put-downs and cool persona.
(11) Caustic ingestion in adults must be viewed as a problem different from that of accidental ingestion in children.
(12) Exposure to caustic agents is a common problem, affecting thousands of individuals annually.
(13) This result counters the theory that a caustic response is a prerequisite for successful therapy.
(14) With both kinds of caustic agents the decrease of acid phosphatase activity was more striking than that of the alkaline phosphatase.
(15) Even so, Iain Macleod and Enoch Powell refused invitations to join the new government and Macleod published in the Spectator a caustic account of all the skullduggery.
(16) L'eau de Javel (bleaching agent with sodium hypochloride) was the most frequently encountered caustic substance (89%).
(17) The indication for esophageal replacement was atresia in 92 children and intractable stricture (peptic, caustic, or congenital) in 20.
(18) In order to examine the injuries and functional abnormalities of these sites following caustic ingestion, the records of The Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center were reviewed.
(19) Afterwards, in a sign that she has not yet lost her caustic side, Sobchak wrote in her Tatler column: "Bozhena equally suffers for the fate of her motherland as for the fate of her fur coats."
(20) Roy Keane’s most outspoken attack on Sir Alex Ferguson branched out into caustic criticisms of José Mourinho as he branded the Chelsea’s manager conduct “disgraceful” and explained why he refused to shake his hand towards the end of Aston Villa’s recent match at Stamford Bridge .
Corroding
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corrode
Example Sentences:
(1) The anodic polarization profiles are presented, as well as scanning electron micrographs and x-ray analysis of the corroded amalgam surfaces.
(2) It has increased costs, jeopardized the delivery of necessary medical services, and corroded the physician-patient relationship with mistrust and poor morale.
(3) In some cases the deposits appear to be caused by pulsing the electrode with current, while in other cases the deposits are corroded or abraded from the electrode or are otherwise not associated with the neuroprosthetic functioning of the implant.
(4) The authors investigated two cryostimulation regimes: working temperature -70 degrees C, 10 points for 7 seconds on the borderline of the corroded area of the cornea, and working temperature of -160 degrees C, 10 points and four seconds on the limbus of the cornea.
(5) Of corroding bacilli, Bacteroides gracilis was detected in 23% of the infants, Wolinella spp.
(6) Fourteen strains of Eikenella corrodens isolated from human oral cavity were studied to determine corroding characteristics.
(7) Even in 1967, Israel's wisest voices saw that the occupation would steadily corrode Israeli society from the inside There is no shortage of evidence of that moral corruption.
(8) Scanning electron microscopy of these corroded casts was performed.
(9) "There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over" ... "Amen" from the crowd, " ... and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the bleakness of corroding despair ... " " Yes, Lord."
(10) All the amalgams corroded along the grain boundaries in the gamma 1 phase.
(11) These corroding bacilli were further divided into 3 species on the basis of DNA hybridization studies using radiolabeled DNA from 2 representative corroding bacilli.
(12) A numerical taxonomic study of 64 strains of anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli isolated from men with non-gonococcal urethritis, two unclassified laboratory strains of 'corroding bacilli', and 12 other strains of anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli, including nine received as anaerobic curved rods and three as 'Bacteroides corrodens' (B. ureolyticus), isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis, was undertaken.
(13) The vascular pathways associated with the glomerulus of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa have been studied by scanning electron microscopy of corroded resin casts of the vasculature.
(14) We studied the micro-architecture of the rat femoral head using a corroding casting method described by Murakami in comparison with haematoxylin-eosin preparation and transparent preparation.
(15) Under the experimental conditions the non-gamma 2-amalgams were more corroded than the conventional amalgam.
(16) On SEM of the Superbond material placed in contact with corroded metal and enamel, retentive structures were found to spread, thus producing a micromechanical bond.
(17) The oceans turned acidic, corroding the sea floor; the waters warmed, and countless organisms perished in a great extinction event.
(18) The % G + C content of E. corrodens strains varied from 56 to 58%, and from 56 to 60% for unidentified corroding bacilli.
(19) The amalgams were poorly contoured and had corroded, resulting in continued release of mercury ions.
(20) The two outer ring zones yielded bacteria that formed agar surface colonies of spreading-corroding morphology, while cells from the innermost zone always yielded colonies with a different morphology.