Definitions
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- noun In medicine, a wasting of the body.
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- noun geology A change in the structure of
magma bymelting or theassimilation of a different type of rock. - noun medicine
emaciation orwasting away
Etymologies
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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek (syntexis, "a melting")
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The alteration of magma by the melting or assimilation of another rock.
October 14, 2008