n, pl  -ties  :  the quality, state, or fact of being regularly recurrent or having periods <the of peptic ulcer is … characteristic of the disease -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:   pre·test  protest  pro·tist  Pro·tis·ta 
 
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