As you saw tonight" - Faraday had just given a public lecture - "they have a caustic effect and a great affinity for body tissues.

This is because of its somewhat caustic effect on the stomach lining, and the potential for other mild health hazards.

Where another director might have run amok with the technique, Mr. Stevens applies it sparingly and to caustic effect.

Today croton oil is the basis of rejuvenating chemical peels, due to the caustic exfoliating effects it has on the dermal components of the skin.

The transporter's electric tingle was pleasant compared to the caustic effects of the MIC.

They have a caustic effect on the linings of the digestive tracts and can cause kidney damage.

Apparently, the substance was corrosive to skin, but more durable objects, like metal, and probably glass and clay, were impervious to its caustic effects.

"The caustic effects are similar to damage inflicted by the Horta," the Takaran woman said.

A more extended consideration of irony's caustic effects has come from the novelist David Foster Wallace.

Since you can focus your light where needed, these are often used in place of directional lights when photons are used for slow caustic effects.