opisthography

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  1. The practice of writing upon the back of anything; especially, writing on the back as well as the front of a roll of papyrus or parchment. See opisthograph.

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  1. from Greek as if * ὄπισθογραφία, from ὀπισθόγραφος, written on the back: see opisthograph.
 

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