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ecthlipsis

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ec⋅thlip⋅sis

  [ek-thlip-sis]
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–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] .
loss of a consonant, esp., in Latin, loss of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel or h.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL < Gk ékthlīpsis, equiv. to ekthlb(ein) to squeeze out (ek- ec- + thlbein, var. of phlbein to squeeze) + -sis -sis
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