analepsis

analepsis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάληψις (análēpsis).

Noun

analepsis (countable and uncountable, plural analepses)

1. A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated
2. (medicine) Recovery of strength after sickness.
3. (medicine) A kind of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for analepsis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Translations

form of flashback

French: analepse (fr) f Italian: analessi (it) f Portuguese: analepse (pt) f Spanish: analepsis f

Further reading

• Flashback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάληψις (análēpsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anaˈlebsis/ [a.naˈleβ̞.sis]
• Rhymes: -ebsis
• Syllabification: a‧na‧lep‧sis

Noun

analepsis f (uncountable)

1. analepsis

See also

• prolepsis

Further reading

• “analepsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014