anaptyxis

anaptyxis
anaptyctic /an'euhp tik"tik, an'ap-/, anaptyctical, adj.
/an'euhp tik"sis, an'ap-/, n., pl. anaptyxes /-tik"seez/.
epenthesis of a vowel.
[1880-85; < NL < Gk, equiv. to anaptyk- (s. of anaptýssein to unfold, equiv. to ana- ANA- + ptýssein to fold) + -sis -SIS]

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