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scum
(skŭm),A film of insoluble material that rises to the surface of a liquid, as in epistasis.
[M.E.]
scum
(skŭm) [ME. scume]Slimy floating islands of bacteria or impurities on the surface of a culture; an interrupted pellicle of bacterial growth.