diectasis

diectasis
\\dīˈektəsə̇s\ noun (-es)
Etymology: LGK diektasis, from Greek diekteinein to stretch out, from dia- + ekteinein to stretch — more at ectasis
prosody : lengthening by an interpolated syllable

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