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os·mic1  audio  (zmk) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Of, relating to, or containing osmium, especially in a compound with a valence of 4 or a valence higher than that in a comparable osmous compound.
ETYMOLOGY:
osm(ium) + -ic


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