otosis

This derivation has been questioned, because the word for the heart in the other Maya dialects is different, and it has been suggested that this was but an example of "otosis," where a foreign proper name was turned into a familiar common noun.

American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Saturday, November 29, 2003 ... and so Lily is diagnosed with can't-be-nice-otosis.

Paranoid Pedestrian Ponderings 2003

The inhalation of large quantities of fibre can cause asbes otosis which increases the risk of bronchial cancer.

Chapter 10 1996

Closely allied to this is what has been called _otosis_.

American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

There is no reasonable doubt but that here again otosis and personification came in and gave the form and name of an animal to the original simple statement.

American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Perhaps those common processes of language, personification and otosis, duly taken into account, will enable us to restore this narrative to its original sense.

American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868