Actually, H.W. and F.G. Fowler, the compilers of the Concise Oxford Dictionary and authors of The King's English and would have classified the eigen words as "false, ugly, or needless formations," and they were left out of the Oxford English Dictionary. If you are interested in the inclusion of more scientific words in the next edition of the OED, you may wish to offer them suggestions.

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