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crasis
‖ crasis (ˈkreɪsɪs) [Gr. κρᾶσις mixture, combination (also in the grammatical sense below), f. κεραννύναι to mix.] 1. The blending or combination of elements, ‘humours’, or qualities, in the animal body, in herbs, etc. † a. As a permanent characteristic: Composition, constitution, temperament, ‘comp...
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Crasis
In Ancient Greek, a coronis ( korōnís "curved"; plural korōnídes) marks the vowel from crasis. Crasis also occurs between the preposition de and the definite articles.
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mal-crasis
‖ mal-crasis Path. rare. (mælˈkreɪsɪs) [f. mal- + crasis.] A faulty combination of constituents.1854 Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. 115 Inflammations which arise in consequence of a mal-crasis of the blood.
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Synalepha
synalepha most often refers to elision (as in English contraction), but it can also refer to coalescence by other metaplasms: synizesis, synaeresis or crasis See also
Metaplasm
Elision—Contraction (grammar)
Apheresis (initial)
Syncope (medial)
Apocope (final)
Crasis
Synizesis (merge into one syllable
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epicrasis
‖ epiˈcrasis Obs. Med. [mod.L. epicrāsis, a. Gr. ἐπίκρᾱσις, f. ἐπικρα-, ἐπικεραννύναι: see epicerastic.] The process of ‘tempering acrid humours’; the use of epicerastics.1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 290 In such a case..a skilfull Physician will use Epicrasis, as they call it, labouring to brin...
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Metaplasm
Epenthesis, addition of a sound to a word:
beginning of a word (prothesis)
end (paragoge)
Synalepha, two syllables becoming one, occurs by elision, crasis Crasis (Ancient Greek contraction), coalescence of two vowels into a new long vowel.
Synaeresis, pronunciation of two vowels as a diphthong.
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metacrasis
‖ metacrasis (mɛtəˈkreɪsɪs) [f. meta- + crasis.] 1. Bot. ‘Kinetic metabolism, transmutation of energy’ (Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 1900).1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 509 The process of metacrasis which produces the duramen. 2. Geol. (See quot.)1886 Bonney in Proc. Geol. Soc. 59 Metacrasis (re...
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Tamga hamulifera
The specific name is a crasis compound word, taken from Latin, of hamulus (small hook), and the feminine form of feros, "to bear."
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idiocrasy
† idiˈocrasy Obs. [ad. Gr. ἰδιοκρᾱσία, f. ἰδιο- idio- + -κρᾱσία, κρᾶσις mixing, tempering (crasis).] Peculiarity of physical or mental constitution; = idiosyncrasy.1681 tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Idiocrasie, the proper disposition or temperament of a thing or body. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Com...
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Parvancorina
Etymology
The generic name is derived from a crasis compound word from the Latin parva ancora (small anchor).
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aberrance
aberrance (əˈbɛrəns) [f. aberrant, on the type of nouns in -nce, a. OFr. -nce:—L. -ntia.] The action of straying or diverging from a recognized course; vagary.1665 Glanville Sceps. Scient. xvi, This..would alter the crasis of his understanding, and render it as obnoxious to aberrances as now. 1865 W...
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Univerbation
Crasis (merging of adjacent vowels) is one way in which words are univerbated in some languages.
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coronis
‖ coronis (kɒˈrəʊnɪs) [L. corōnis, a. Gr. κορωνίς curved stroke or flourish at the end of a book or chapter, hence fig. in sense 1 below; also in sense 2. So in mod.F.] † 1. The conclusion, end. Obs. rare.a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams ii. 38 (D.) The coronis of this matter is thus; some bad ones..were...
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Kalos kagathos
The phrase is adjectival, composed of two adjectives, ("beautiful") and ("good" or "virtuous"), the second of which is combined by crasis with "and"
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retorrid
† reˈtorrid, a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. retorrid-us.] Burnt up, dried up.1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compil. xvi. 567 When the Brain by..too frequent use becomes sharp and retorrid. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 56 Fevers, that have boil'd up the Blood into a retorrid Crasis.
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