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AFFINITY OF COMPOSITION

\ɐfˈɪnɪti ɒv kˌɒmpəzˈɪʃən], \ɐfˈɪnɪti ɒv kˌɒmpəzˈɪʃən], \ɐ_f_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_t_i_ ɒ_v k_ˌɒ_m_p_ə_z_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of AFFINITY OF COMPOSITION

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The tendency displayed by two or more substances to unite directly to form a compound without the destruction of any previously existing compound.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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