ecthlipsis - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'ecthlipsis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ecthlipsis

[ n.]

- The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
- The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

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ect- ectad ectal ectasia ectasis ectental ecteron ectethmoid ecthorea ecthoreum

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