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va·nil·lism | \ və-ˈnil-ˌiz-əm 
, ˈvan-ᵊl-ˌiz-əm \
, ˈvan-ᵊl-ˌiz-əm \Medical Definition of vanillism
: a grocer's itch caused by a grain mite of the genus Acarus (A. siro) commonly infesting vanilla pods
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