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Hiatus(medicine)
hiatus(dictionary)
hiatus sacralis(medicine)
hiatus saphenus(medicine)
hiatus semilunaris(medicine)
hiatus subarcuatus(medicine)
hiatus tendineus(medicine)
maxillary hiatus(medicine)
oesophageal hiatus(medicine)

hiatus (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: hiare 'to yawn']
formal a break or interruption in an activity
ĦĦTalks between the two countries have resumed after a six-year hiatus.
hiatus in
ĦĦa hiatus in research
a brief/short/long hiatus
ĦĦThere was a brief hiatus in the war.
technical a space where something is missing, especially in a piece of writing