cataphor

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cataphora (“a coma”), from Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a bringing down, a lethargic attack”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkatəfə/, /-ˌfɔː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkætəfɚ/, /-ˌfɔɹ/ === Noun === cataphor (countable and uncountable, plural cataphors or cataphora) (medicine) Semicoma. (medicine) Somnolence marked by periods of partial consciousness. (linguistics) The use of a pronoun or other linguistic unit to refer ahead to another word in a sentence.