cataphor

cataphor
catˈaphor noun
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Main Entry:cataphora

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ˈcataphor Obs.
[medical L. cataphora, coma, a. Gr. καταϕορ-ά, a bringing down, a lethargic attack.]
‘A deep or dead sleep’ (Blount 1656).

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