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homoeotopy
homoeotopy n. 
/ˌhəʊmɪˈɒtəpi/, /ˌhɑmiˈɑdəpi/ [Greek τόπος place] similarity of words or parts of words, as a cause of mistakes in copying.
Brit. /ˌhɒmɪˈɒtəpi/
, /ˌhɒmɪˈɒtəpi//ˌhəʊmɪˈɒtəpi/U.S. /ˌhoʊmiˈɑdəpi/
, /ˌhoʊmiˈɑdəpi//ˌhɑmiˈɑdəpi/ΘΚΠ
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1883 A. Watts in Expositor Jan. 67 Homœotopy..the way in which two like places in the copy may..affect the copyist..whether they are like words, like terminations, like prefixes [etc.].
1883 A. Watts in Expositor Jan. 68 It very frequently happens that in printing homœotopy occasions a double instead of an omission.
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