Ecthlipsis

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

  Ecthlipsis \Ec*thlip"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to squeeze
     out.]
     1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a
        consonant, with or without a vowel.
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     2. (Lat. Pros.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding
        vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
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