pneumatolysis
Meanings
noun
- the alteration of rocks and minerals by gases or magmatic fluid within volcanos etc
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “vapor”) + λύειν (lúein, “to set free”). By surface analysis, pneumato- + -lysis.
Derived words
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