adosculation

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adosculation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Adosculation \Ad*os"cu*la"tion\, n. [L. adosculari, adosculatum,
     to kiss. See Osculate.] (Biol.)
     Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.
     [1913 Webster]