anaptyxis

Noun.  (phonetics) epenthesis of a vowel – insertion of a vowel. For example, the middle ‘(term, -a-) ’ in (term, thataway) , or use of infixes (term, -i-) and (term, -o-) in coining English words on classical roots.

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