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Noun: anaptyxis  ,a-nap'tik-sis
  1. (phonetics) the insertion of a vowel to make pronunciation easier, e.g. the middle "a" in thataway
    "Anaptyxis often occurs in loanwords to fit the phonological patterns of the borrowing language"

Encyclopedia: Anaptyxis