"hypostrophe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hypostrophes [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποστροφή (hupostrophḗ), from ὑποστρέφω (hupostréphō, “to turn round or back”) . Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ὑποστροφή}} Ancient Greek ὑποστροφή (hupostrophḗ) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hypostrophe (countable and uncountable, plural hypostrophes)
  1. (medicine) The act of a patient turning himself or herself. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-hypostrophe-en-noun-nTuAwQKH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 39 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 39 33 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) A relapse, or return of a disease. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-hypostrophe-en-noun-SEmegtbf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 39 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 39 33 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-hypostrophe-en-noun-F9lsiXyg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 39 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 39 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hypostrophic

Inflected forms

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