| NOUN | event | hiatus, suspension, respite, reprieve, abatement | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
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| communication | hiatus | a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) | |
| body | hiatus, foramen | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
| Sounds | hhayey'tahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. | |
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| Synonyms | suspension, respite, reprieve, abatement | |
| Narrower | defervescence | abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature |
| remission, remittal, subsidence | An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | |
| Broader | interruption, break | Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity |
| Spanish | respiro, suspensión | |
| Catalan | respir, suspensió | |
| Meaning | A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | piece | An artistic or literary composition |
| Spanish | hiato | |
| Meaning | A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. | |
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| Synonym | foramen | |
| Narrower | foramen magnum | The large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes |
| interventricular foramen, foramen of Monro, Monro's foramen | The small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere | |
| Broader | opening, gap | An open or empty space in or between things |
| Spanish | hiato | |
| Catalan | forat, hiat | |
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