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n. - The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished; The organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance.

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  • But with the universal use of cosmetics and the consequent secernment of soul and surface, upon which, at the risk of irritating a reader, I must again insist, all those...
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