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Look up tmesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In its strictest sense, tmesis (/ˈtmiːsɪs, təˈmiː-/; plural tmeses /ˈtmiːsiːs, təˈmiː-/; Ancient Greek:

for intensification. It is similar to tmesis, but not all instances are covered by the usual definition of tmesis because the words are not necessarily

technical terminology, these examples are often more accurately described as tmesis. None of the following are recognized in standard English. The infix ⟨-iz-⟩

PMID 12517561. Walker SJ, Johnson RH (1989). "Traumatic hemisomato-tmesis: a case report and review of the literature". Archives of Emergency Medicine

use of fuck or more specifically fucking as an infix, or more properly, a tmesis (see expletive infixation). For example, the word in-fucking-credible sounds

Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010. "Tmesis Theatre Company – Physical Fest '05". Tmesistheatre.com. Archived from the

determinant, and occasionally between the elements of a compound word (tmesis). Kennings, and even whole clauses, can be interwoven. Ambiguity is usually

and are unclear. For example, in the Rigveda preverbs regularly occur in tmesis, states Jamison, which means they are "separated from the finite verb".

Appears after the stem, but is only partially bound to it Infix (see also tmesis) edu⟨ma⟩cated st⟨infix⟩em Appears within a stem — common e.g. in Austronesian

Neurotmesis (in Greek tmesis signifies "to cut") is a complete transection of a peripheral nerve, and is part of Seddon's classification scheme used to