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pneumatolysis

pneumatolysis noun: the alteration of rocks and minerals by gases or magmatic fluid within volcanos etc.

Noun

pneumatolysis (plural pneumatolyses)

  1. the alteration of rocks and minerals by gases or magmatic fluid within volcanos etc

Forms of pneumatolysis

pluralpneumatolyses

Origin of pneumatolysis

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “vapor”) + λύειν (lúein, “to set free”). By surface analysis, pneumato- + -lysis.

Words formed from pneumatolysis

Questions about pneumatolysis

What does pneumatolysis mean?
Pneumatolysis means the alteration of rocks and minerals by gases or magmatic fluid within volcanos etc.
What part of speech is pneumatolysis?
Pneumatolysis is a noun.
What is the plural of pneumatolysis?
The plural of pneumatolysis is pneumatolyses.

Words near pneumatolysis in the dictionary

  1. pneumatologies
  2. pneumatologist
  3. pneumatologists
  4. pneumatology
  5. pneumatolyses
  6. pneumatolysis
  7. pneumatolytic
  8. Pneumatomachian
  9. Pneumatomachians
  10. Pneumatomachist
  11. Pneumatomachists

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