prosyllogism

prosyllogism
/proh sil"euh jiz'euhm/, n. Logic.
a syllogism the conclusion of which is used as a premise of another syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the last. Cf. episyllogism.
[1575-85; < ML prosyllogismus < Gk prosyllogismós. See PRO-2, SYLLOGISM]

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