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SHC

SHC is the initialism of spontaneous human combustion.

Meaning of spontaneous human combustion

Noun

spontaneous human combustion (uncountable)

  1. The supposed spontaneous combustion of a human being without an apparent external source of ignition.
    • Winter is the season in which spontaneous human combustion most frequently occurs; because cold air, which is a bad conductor of electricity, favors the ideo-electric state of th animal body.1829, A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mecahnics, volume VI, London: Thomas Tegg, page 243, column 1
    Synonyms:
    SHC

Questions about SHC

What is SHC the initialism of?
SHC is the initialism of spontaneous human combustion.

Words near SHC in the dictionary

  1. Shazia
  2. Shaznay
  3. Shazza
  4. SHBG
  5. SHBGs
  6. SHC
  7. shcha
  8. shchas
  9. Shchastia
  10. shchav
  11. shchee

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