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aph·e·sis

aphesis

 
pronunciation:
ae fih sihs
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part of speech: noun
definition: the loss or dropping of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, such as the "a" from "adobe".
derivations: aphetic (adj.), aphetically (adv.)
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