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porphyritic definition

por·phy·ritic (pôr′fə rit′ik)

adjective

  1. of porphyry
  2. like porphyry; having distinct crystals in a fine-grained mass

Etymology: ME porphiritike < ML porphyriticus < L porphyrites < Gr porphyritēs

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