hypostrophe

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὑποστροφή (hupostrophḗ), from ὑποστρέφω (hupostréphō, “to turn round or back”). === Noun === hypostrophe (countable and uncountable, plural hypostrophes) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (medicine, obsolete) The act of a patient turning himself or herself. (medicine, obsolete) A relapse; a return of a disease. (rhetoric) A return to the main theme following an insertion or parenthesis. ==== Related terms ==== hypostrophic === Further reading === “hypostrophe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === phorophytes