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  oxytone oyer and terminer  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
oxyuriasis
 
SYLLABICATION:ox·y·u·ri·a·sis
PRONUNCIATION:  ks-y-r-ss
NOUN: Infestation with pinworms.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin Oxyris, type genus ( Greek oxus, sharp; see ak- in Appendix I + Greek our, tail; see ors- in Appendix I) + –iasis.
 
 
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