ecthlipsis Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

Webster 1913