Cryovolcanism

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Noun
  1. 1
    The activity, and associated phenomena, of a cryovolcano – a volcano that ejects volatile materials rather than magma. uncountable

    "Sites of cryovolcanisms on the surface, where this ammonia and water mixture reaches the surface, are possible locations for life that lives in liquid water but can tolerate ammonia."

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"Sites of cryovolcanisms on the surface, where this ammonia and water mixture reaches the surface, are possible locations for life that lives in liquid water but can tolerate ammonia."

Etymology

From cryo- + volcanism.

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