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synizesis
[ sin-uh-zee-sis ]
noun
, Phonetics.
- the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of synizesis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of synizesis1
C19: via Late Latin from Greek sunizēsis a collapse, from sunizanein to sink down, from syn- + hizein to sit
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Example Sentences
The synizesis and synapsis stages are similar to those in Chelymorpha (figs. 61 and 62).
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