EMPYREUMATA

Noun

empyreumata

plural of empyreuma

Source: Wiktionary


EMPYREUMA

Em`py*reu"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.)

Definition: The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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