Antiptosis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antiptosis \An`tip*to"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; 'anti` against +
     ? a falling, a case, ? to fall.] (Gram.)
     The putting of one case for another.
     [1913 Webster] Antiputrefactive