[app. a. Gujaráti agrūṅ, ulceration of the tongue from chronic disease of the alimentary canal; Molesworth, Marathi Dict.] (See quot.)
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Agrom, a disease frequent in Bengal, and other parts of the Indies, wherein the tongue chaps and cleaves in several places.
1879. Syd. Soc. Lex., An Indian term for a rough and cracked condition of the tongue.