HYPOSTROPHE

Etymology

Noun

hypostrophe (countable and uncountable, plural hypostrophes)

(medicine) The act of a patient turning himself or herself.

(medicine) A relapse, or return of a disease.

(rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis.

Anagrams

• phorophytes

Source: Wiktionary


Hy*pos"tro*phe, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) (a) The act of a patient turning himself. (b) A relapse, or return of a disease.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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