Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fetid variety of barium sulphate, or barite, occurring in compact or cleavable masses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A variety of
barite emitting a foetid odour when rubbed or heated.
Etymologies
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Latin hepatitis an unknown precious stone, Ancient Greek meaning "liver": compare French hépatite.
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Je me suis inkiété, j'ai fait des conneries je le sais et j'ai vraiment pensé a tout, le jour ou j'suis monté sur la balance et que je pesais 58 kilos pour un metre 76, tout m'est passé par la tete le SIDA en premier une hepatite une merde comme ca ... un cancer apres et non ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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