pneumatolysis

pneumatolysis
pneumatolytic, pneumatolitic /noo mat'l it"ik, nyoo-, nooh'meuh tl-, nyooh'-/, adj.
/nooh'meuh tol"euh sis, nyooh'-/, n. Geol.
the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
[1895-1900; PNEUMATO- + -LYSIS]

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