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Chemism

[kem-iz-uhm]

chem·ism

[kem-iz-uhm]
noun
chemical action.

Origin:
1850–55; chem- + -ism, modeled on French chimisme, equivalent to chim(ie) chemistry + -isme -ism
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Chemism is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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chemism (ˈkɛmɪzəm)
 
n
obsolete chemical action

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