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    [Noun]  | "hi*a*tus" | \ hī-ˈā-təs \


    1: a break in or as if in a material object : gap

    2: a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ

    3: an interruption in time or continuity : break; especially : a period when something (such as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted


    Origin: 1563 ;

     Latin, from hiare to yawn {mat|yawn|};

    [Noun]  | "hiatuses" 


    1: an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge);


      * e.g., " ... steam was rising from a hiatus in the ground "





    2: a break in continuity;


      * e.g., " ... a three-year hiatus before the fifth book in the series appeared "



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    [Noun]  | "hiatus" 


    1: an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge);


      * e.g., " ... steam was rising from a hiatus in the ground "





    2: an incomplete or deficient area;


      * e.g., " ... a hiatus in the law which prevented the district attorney from prosecuting the offenders "



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    3: a break in continuity;


      * e.g., " ... a three-year hiatus before the fifth book in the series appeared "



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     [ "hiatusitis" ]

    1: Similar to withdrawal. Hiatusitis is when something (e.g. a TV show) is on hiatus for a while and fans go crazy. Very common among fans of Lost, who start coming up with off-the-wall theories and spending excessive time on fansites such as the Lostpedia forums.

      * e.g.,  ... That crazy theory that the White Shoe=Jacob was a result of severe hiatusitis. 

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