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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
haplology /hapˈlɒlədʒi/

▶noun the omission of one occurrence of a sound or syllable which is repeated within a word (e.g. in February pronounced as /ˈfɛbri/).

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