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intermarriage

n.

1. marriage between two individuals belonging to different racial, ethnic, or religious groups. See exogamy; miscegenation; outbreeding.

2. marriage between two closely related individuals, as in a consanguineous marriage. See inbreeding. —intermarry vb.

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chemotherapy

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