spontaneous human combustion

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spontaneous human combustion

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  1. uncountable The supposed spontaneous combustion of a human being without an apparent external source of ignition. Winter is the season in which spontaneous human combustion most frequently occurs; because cold air, which is a bad conductor of electricity, favors the ideo-electric state of th animal body.

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@misc{spontaneous_human_combustion_2026,
  title = {spontaneous human combustion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spontaneous%20human%20combustion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}