rosio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rōsĭo, ōnis, f. [rodo];

in medic. lang., a gnawing , corrosion , Cels. 7, 23; 5, 28, 17. —In plur., Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 153: praecordiorum, id. 23, 1, 23, § 43; 28, 9, 33, § 128.