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ylem (ī′ləm)

noun

in some theories of cosmogony, the primordial material substance from which all the elements are supposed to have been derived

Etymology: ME < MFr ilem < ? ML hylem, acc. of hyle, matter, orig., wood < Gr hylē

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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