ELLIPSIS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 32

(Lat.), n. f. E2l-liaps(leps)'i2s. Gen., ellips'eos (-is). Gr., eAAei^rif (from eAAciirctp, to fail, to be deficient). Ger., Ellipse (1st def.), Ausbleiben (2d def.). It., elli e. Sp., elipse. 1. An ellipse. 2. Failure of the pulse. [L, 50 (a, 14).] [s. 683]