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corrode (iou) and Fever, breakbone (health)


corrode (iou)



corrode verb. LME.
[Latin corrodere, formed as COR- + rodere gnaw.]
verb trans. Gradually destroy or wear away, esp. through chemical action or disease. Formerly also, of water, erode by physical action. LME.
A. Higgins A paraffin lamp much corroded by rust. fig.: M. L. King Dignity is..corroded by poverty.
verb trans. Of an animal: eat into, gnaw away. M16-M19.
verb intrans. Cause corrosion. E17.
fig.: Goldsmith Suffering this jealousy to corrode in her breast.
verb intrans. Undergo corrosion, be corroded. E19.
corroda'bility noun = CORRODIBILITY L20.
corrodable adjective = CORRODIBLE L20.
corrodent adjective & noun (now rare or obsolete) (a) adjective corrosive; (b) noun a corrosive agent: L16.
corroder noun a person who or thing which causes corrosion L17.

Fever, breakbone (health)


An acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and Other pains) is particularly characteristic. Better known as dengue, the disease is endemic throughout the tropics and subtropics. It goes by Other names including dandy fever. Victims of dengue often have contortions due to the intense joint and muscle pain.