hemiteryn.
Etymology: < modern Latin hemiteria, French hémitérie, < hemi- prefix + Greek τέρας monster.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhemitery.
Pathology.
1879 tr. A. de Quatrefages de Bréau 252 With man, as with animals, varieties have appeared at times which may be classed among hemitery.
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