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ganosis

ganosis noun: the ancient practice of applying a wax coating to marble sculpture, perhaps to preserve its appearance or to reduce the glare of the marble.

Noun

ganosis (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The ancient practice of applying a wax coating to marble sculpture, perhaps to preserve its appearance or to reduce the glare of the marble.

Questions about ganosis

What does ganosis mean?
Ganosis means the ancient practice of applying a wax coating to marble sculpture, perhaps to preserve its appearance or to reduce the glare of the marble.
What part of speech is ganosis?
Ganosis is a noun.

Words near ganosis in the dictionary

  1. ganomalite
  2. Ganonsyoni
  3. ganophyllite
  4. ganophyllites
  5. Ganos
  6. ganosis
  7. ganoun
  8. ganouns
  9. ganovim
  10. Ganowanian
  11. Ganpati

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