Cra"sis (kr?"s?s), n. [LL., temperament, fr. Gr. , fr. to mix.]
1. Med.
A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.
2. Gram.
A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; synaeresis; as, cogo for coago.
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