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Definition of Deleteriousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deleteriousness
Literary usage of Deleteriousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Problems: A Discussion of Debatable Subjects by Oliver Lodge (1912)
"... whereby a protective swing of equal unwisdom and perhaps greater deleteriousness
is liable to occur in the opposite direction;—of greater ..."
2. Modern Problems: A Discussion of Debatable Subjects by Oliver Lodge (1912)
"... whereby a protective swing of equal unwisdom and perhaps greater deleteriousness
is liable to occur in the opposite direction;—of greater ..."
3. A Treatise on Epidemic Cholera by Horatio Gates Jameson (1855)
"We deem it unnecessary to follow out these details; some instances in a small
way may be erroneous, but as to their general deleteriousness, there is no ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"Sauces and spices not only impair the digestion, they create a craving for other
stimulants of ever-increasing pungency and deleteriousness. But, thirdly. ..."
5. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"... slowly irrespective of the plant sprayed, it does not give us any very definite
information regarding the cause of the deleteriousness of these washes. ..."
6. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1896)
"When an operation must be performed, the incision should reach the periosteum.
The special deleteriousness of poultices is strongly dwelt upon. ..."
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