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    Deme , n. [Gr. δῆμος.]
    1. (Gr. Antiq.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.
      Jowett (Thucyd.).

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    2. (Biol.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.
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