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Cuproid

Cuproid \Cu"proid\ (k?"proid), n. [Cuprum + -oid.] (Crystalloq.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.

Usage examples of "cuproid".

Stimulation of the uninjured end, approximating it to the condition of the injured, might then be said to induce a cuproid change.

Whether the more excited was zincoid or cuproid depended on the substance and its molecular condition.