- Proleptics
- Proleptics Pro*lep"tics, n. (Med.) The art and science of predicting in medicine. --Laycock. [1913 Webster]
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Proleptics
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prolepsis — n. (pl. ses ) rhetorical device of weakening objections by anticipating them; use of adjective that anticipates result of verb; prochronism; assumption. ♦ proleptic, a.; Medicine, recurring at decreasing intervals. ♦ proleptical, a.… … Dictionary of difficult words
