asyndesis
[ ə-sĭn′dĭ-sĭs ]
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n.
A disorder in which separate ideas or thoughts cannot be joined into a coherent concept.
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asynapsis, asynchronism, asynchronous, asynchronous transmission, asynclitism, asyndesis, asyndetic, asyndeton, asynechia, asynergia, asynergy
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