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Word: Petrolatum
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: modern Latin, from petrol + the Latin suffix -atum
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpɛtrəˈleɪtəm
Dialects: British English
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