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ustulation

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us⋅tu⋅la⋅tion

[uhs-chuh-ley-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of scorching or burning.
2. Pharmacology. the roasting or drying of moist substances.

Origin:
1650–60; < ML ūstulātiōn- (s. of ūstulātiō) a scorching, equiv. to L ūstulāt(us) (see ustulate ) + -iōn- -ion
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