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ep·i·chei·re·ma
variants:
or less commonly epichirema \ ˌepəˌkīˈrēmə \
plural epicheiremata\ -rēmətə , -rem- \ also epichiremas
Definition of epicheirema
: a syllogism in which some statement supporting one or both of the premises is introduced with the premises themselves
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