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hiatus
noun(hi-a-tus)
a break in or as if in a material object : gap
hiatus
noun(hi-a-tus)
a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ
hiatus
noun(hi-a-tus)
an interruption in time or continuity : break; especially : a period when something (such as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted
hiatus
idiom(hi-a-tus)
to cease being broadcast for a period of time
hiatus
idiom(hi-a-tus)
to stop broadcasting (a program) for a period of time
hiatus
noun(hi-a-tus)
protrusion of part of the stomach upward into the chest cavity through the passage in the diaphragm for the esophagus usually with movement of the opening of the esophagus into the stomach to a position above the diaphragm —called also hiatus hernia

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