psilosis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψίλωσις (psílōsis).

noun

  1. (phonology) The sound change by which Greek lost the consonant sound /h/ during antiquity, h-dropping.
  2. (medicine) Sprue, a disease of the small intestine.

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