HIATUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
   Synonym(s)
   • foramen (what does foramen mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hiatus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • opening (what does opening mean?)
   • gap (what does gap mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • interventricular foramen (what does interventricular foramen mean?)
   • foramen of Monro (what does foramen of Monro mean?)
   • Monro’s foramen (what does Monro’s foramen mean?)
   • foramen magnum (what does foramen magnum mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
   Hypernyms(s) hiatus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • piece (what does piece mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
   Synonym(s)
   • abatement (what does abatement mean?)
   • reprieve (what does reprieve mean?)
   • respite (what does respite mean?)
   • suspension (what does suspension mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hiatus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • interruption (what does interruption mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • defervescence (what does defervescence mean?)
   • remission (what does remission mean?)
   • remittal (what does remittal mean?)
   • subsidence (what does subsidence mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • abate (what does abate mean?)
   • let up (what does let up mean?)
   • slack off (what does slack off mean?)
   • slack (what does slack mean?)
   • die away (what does die away mean?)
   • freeze (what does freeze mean?)
   • suspend (what does suspend mean?)