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- noun state of relative
dehydration necessary to maintain the transparency of thecornea of the eye
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And then, in all but silence, in all but darkness, there followed a gradual deturgescence, a diminuendo sliding gradually, through quarter tones, down, down to a faintly whispered dominant chord that lingered on (while the five-four rhythms still pulsed below) charging the darkened seconds with an intense expectancy.
Brave New World Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1932
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