pali-; palim-, palin- +

Involuntary repetition of movements.

Pathologic repetition of letters, words, or parts of words in writing.

In neurology, involuntary pathological repetition of the same movement.

A speech disorder characterized by repetition of words, phrases, or sentences with increasing rapidity.

A repetition of words.

A morbid or obsessive repetition of something spoken.

The repetition of a word or phrase, especially in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis.

A metrical foot consisting of two long and one short syllable.

1. A manuscript page that has been erased and written over many times.
2. A manuscript written over a partly erased older manuscript in such a way that the old words can be read beneath the new ones.
3. A manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible.
4. Writing material; such as, a parchment or tablet which is used one or more times after earlier writing has been "erased".
5. Something having diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.

A reference to a parchment from which the earlier writing has been removed to make room for the next text.

1. Characterized by or involving backward motion, especially of the lower jaw in mastication.
2. Moving backward.

A word, verse, or sentence that reads exactly the same backward as forward.

The best known palindrome is probably the remark Napoleon supposedly made when he was banished to the island of Elba after his removal as emperor of France: "Able was I ere I saw Elba." Of course there is also:

"Sore was I ere I saw Eros" and "Live was I ere I saw evil".

There was a special palindrome that was created for Time magazine: "Live on, Time, emit no evil."

A Latin palindrome has a sentence that not only reads backward but also has each word that reads backward: Sator arepo tenet opera rotas. It is translated as, "Sator [a man's name] holds the handles of the plow in plowing."

In addition, the first letter of each word spells the first word, Sator, the second letter of each word spells the second, arepo, and so on through the sentence, and this is also true when you do it backwards.

A list of palindromes for your pleasure.

A relapse or recurrence of a disease.

1. Of the nature of a palindrome.
2. More widely (especially in mathematics and music), having a structure or composition that reads the same in both directions.
3. In medicine, recurring.

In a way that reads the same backwards as forwards.