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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phreatic /frɪˈatɪk/

▶adjective Geology relating to or denoting underground water in the zone below the water table. Compare with vadose.

■ (of a volcanic eruption) caused by the heating and expansion of groundwater.

– origin C19: from Gk phrear, phreat- ‘a well’ + -ic.

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