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  • greenschist

    schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.

  • hornblende schist

    a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.

  • schistose

    of, resembling, or in the form of schist.

  • schistosome

    Also called bilharzia. any elongated trematode of the genus Schistosoma, parasitic in the blood vessels of humans and other mammals; a blood fluke.

  • channery

    an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.

  • schistosis

    fibrosis of the lungs caused by inhaling dust from slate.
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