aphesis

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Synonyms: apheses

Antonyms: apheses

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|phonetics|linguistics|prosody|rhetoric}} The [[loss]] of the [[initial]] [[unstressed]] [[vowel]] of a [[word]].

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