analepsis

From Ancient Greek ἀνάληψις (análēpsis).

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, archaic) Recovery of strength after sickness.
3. (obsolete, medicine) A kind of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

• “analepsis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Flashback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάληψις (análēpsis).

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

analepsis f (uncountable)

1. analepsis

• prolepsis

• “analepsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024