ustio

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

ustĭo, ōnis, f. [uro],

a burning , searing , or cauterizing (post-Aug. and very rare): si costa cariosa est, inutilis ustio, Cels. 8, 2 fin. : quaedam ustione sanantur, Plin. 34, 15, 44, § 151: vehementior sinapis, id. 20, 22, 87, § 239.