D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Ecthlipsis

· Ec·thlip·sis · IPA
01 n. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
  1. 1.
    The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
  2. 2.
    The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.(Lat. Pros.)