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hiatus | a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) | |
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respite, suspension, abatement, reprieve, hiatus | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | |
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glottal catch, glottal stop, glottal plosive, hiatus | a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel | |
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foramen, hiatus | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |