Chem. [mod.L., f. Gr. ἠρέμα quietly + καῦσις burning, f. καίειν to burn; cf. Fr. érémacause.] ‘A slow combustion taking place in presence of air and water, and accompanied by a kind of fermentation’ (Watts).
1847. in Craig.
c. 1865. Letheby, in Circ. Sc., I. 89/1. The phenomena termed Eremacausis, or slow burning … witnessed in the glowing of phosphorus.
1881. Academy, 12 March, 192. Their influence on eremacausis.
