2007-03-08 23:52:49 · 3 answers · asked by Paul O 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A hiatus is a break, a lapse, an interruption in a particular event or sequence of events.
For example, I'm going to take a hiatus from Yahoo! Answers now or else I'll never get any of my regular work done today!
2007-03-09 01:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hiatus
1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
2. a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript.
3. any gap or opening.
4. Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily.
5. Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.
[Origin: 1555–65; < L hiÄtus opening, gap, equiv. to hiÄ(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action]
Hiatus hernia
[hiyaytus] A protrusion of the upper part of the stomach into the chest through the hole in the diaphragm that allows the oesophagus to pass into the abdomen. It is a common condition, and most individuals affected are untroubled. However, it predisposes to a reflux of acid from the stomach into the oesophagus, which lacks a protective lining and becomes inflamed. The result is heartburn, felt as a burning pain in the lower chest.
2007-03-09 08:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by Hamish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fancy way of saying:
Vacation
Break
leave of absence
2007-03-09 08:01:31 · answer #3 · answered by zaphodsclone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋