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pro·em
(prō′ĕm′)n.
An introduction; a preface.
[Middle English proheme, from Old French, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion : pro-, before; see pro-2 + oimē, song.]
pro·e′mi·al (prō-ē′mē-əl, -ĕm′ē-) adj.
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