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hap•lol•o•gy
Pronunciation: (hap-lol'u-jē), [key]—
n. Ling.
the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting
morphonemic for
morphophonemic or in the pronunciation
Pronunciation: (prob'lē) [key]for
probably.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.