AMBUS'TION, noun [Latin ambustio, from amburo, to burn or scorch, of amb, about, and uro, to burn.] Among physicians, a burning; a burn or scald.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
AMBUS'TION, noun [Latin ambustio, from amburo, to burn or scorch, of amb, about, and uro, to burn.] Among physicians, a burning; a burn or scald.
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