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ep•i•syl•lo•gism
Pronunciation: (ep"u-sil'u-jiz"um), [key]—
n. Logic.
a syllogism one of the premises of which is the conclusion of a preceding syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the first one. Cf.
polysyllogism.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.