ădustĭo, ōnis, f. [aduro].
I A kindling , burning; a burn (concrete only in Pliny): ulcera frigore aut adustione facta, Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 34: adustiones sanat (lactuca), id. 20, 7, 26, § 61.—Also of plants, e. g. vines, a rubbing , galling , Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 116 al.—
II An inflammation : adustio infantium, quae vocatur siriasis, Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 135.— Pass. , a burned state , picis, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 127.