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empyreuma |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Empyreuma \Em`py*reu"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr ? a live coal covered with ashes, fr ? to set on fire, fr ?: cf F. empyreume. See {Empyreal}.] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
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