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pro•syl•lo•gism
Pronunciation: (prō-sil'u-jiz"um), [key]—
n. Logic.
a syllogism the conclusion of which is used as a premise of another syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the last. Cf.
episyllogism. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.