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carphology
[ kahr-fol-uh-jee ]
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Origin of carphology1
1850–55; < New Latin carphologia; Late Latin: fumbling, plucking at straws, blankets < Greek karphología, equivalent to kárpho ( s ) twig, straw, piece of wood + -logia collection; -logy
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