Empyreuma

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Empyreuma \Em`py*reu"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a live coal
     covered with ashes, fr. ? to set on fire, fr. ?: cf. F.
     empyreume. See {Empyreal}.] (Chem.)
     The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of
     decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in
     close vessels. Empyreumatic