rare form

collocation in English

meaningsofrareandform

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rare
adjective
uk
/reər/us
/rer/
not common or frequent; ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofrareandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrare form

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It is arareformcharacterized by progressive deformation which begins in-utero.
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If they had not manipulated the chemical before they dumped it, it would instead have given rise to cases of an extremelyrareformof cancer.
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In due course, his illness was diagnosed as arareformof terminal cancer.
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This is a veryrareformof negative resolution procedure.
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The illness from which this young man eventually died was connected with what is called agranulocytosis— ashe correctly described it, arareformof anaemia.
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To me that is arareformof software.
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There is also evidence suggesting an association between arareformof cancer, mesothelioma, and past exposure to asbestos particularly blue asbestos.
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Let us confine this to women and suppose that it is a particularlyrareformof cancer.
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I had lost the automatic right to refer a patient with a veryrareformof leukaemia automatically to the hospital of my choice.
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All he has done is bring in thisrareform.
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It is propaganda embodied inrareformwhich should be encouraged rather than burdened by taxation.
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In another case, a woman had a 28-year-old daughter who was dying from arareformof cancer.
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Of course, the future looked bleak from the time of the young man's operation, but it was arareformof cancer—especially rare for such a young man.
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A sterile unit for the treatment by chemotherapy of chorion-epithelioma (arareformof cancer which affects women following pregnancy) was opened in 1964, consisting of eight beds.
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He died in 2011 after suffering from arareformof cancer.
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Arareformof teeth baring is seen in the form as a submissive grin.
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It is rather arareformof diterpenoid and is structurally related to the bicyclic diterpenoids labdane and ginkgolide.
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She eventually was diagnosed with arareformof conjunctivitis that plagued her for the remainder of her life.
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He later was diagnosed with arareformof leukaemia.
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