ecthlipsis
nounUS, UK /ɛkθˈlɪp.sɪs/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis).
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences Rhetoric The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences Rhetoric In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.