• (n.) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. • (n.) Cauterization.
A·dus'tion noun [ Latin adustio , from adurere , adustum : confer French adustion .] 1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. [ Obsolete] Harvey. 2. (Surg.) Cauterization. Buchanan.