anatexis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Via Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek [Term?] roots meaning "to melt down".

Noun[edit]

anatexis (usually uncountable, plural anatexes)

  1. (geology) The metamorphism of plutonic rock into magma in the lower levels of the crust

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