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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An imaginary substance of early chemistry which, in union with oxygen, was supposed to constitute nitrogen.

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  • Common remedies for facial pigmentation include sulfur, lycopodium clavatum, sepia officinalis, thuja occidentalis, argenticum nitricum, cadmium sulphuratum, copaiva officinalis, guarana, caulophyllum thalictroides and plumbum metallicum.

    eHow - Health How To's 2010

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