tasis

noun — 2 senses

tasis

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Ancient Greek τάσις (tásis, “stretching, tension, intensity”).

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences Extending the sound of an utterance for the pleasure of saying or hearing it.

2

Medicine, Sciences In compounds, Usually A stretching.

Derived terms
iridotasis, myotasis

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