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synizesis

[ sin-uh-zee-sis ]
/ ˌsɪn əˈzi sɪs /
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noun Phonetics.

the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong.

Nearby words

  1. syngeneic graft,
  2. syngeneic homograft,
  3. syngenesis,
  4. syngenetic,
  5. syngraft,
  6. synkaryon,
  7. synkinesis,
  8. synnema,
  9. synod,
  10. synod of whitby

Origin of synizesis

1840–50; < Late Latin < Greek synízēsis, equivalent to syn- syn- + (h)iz- (stem of hízein to sit1) + -ēsis -esis
Also called synaeresis.
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Examples from the Web for synizesis

  • The synizesis and synapsis stages are similar to those in Chelymorpha (figs. 61 and 62).

    Studies in Spermatogenesis|Nettie Maria Stevens
British Dictionary definitions for synizesis

synizesis

/ (ˌsɪnɪˈziːsɪs) /

noun

phonetics the contraction of two vowels originally belonging to separate syllables into a single syllable, without diphthongizationCompare syneresis
cytology the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis

Word Origin for synizesis

C19: via Late Latin from Greek sunizēsis a collapse, from sunizanein to sink down, from syn- + hizein to sit
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Medicine definitions for synizesis

synizesis

[ sĭn′ĭ-zē′sĭs ]

n.

Closure or obliteration of the pupil of the eye.
The phase of meiosis in some species in which the chromatin contracts into a mass at one side of the nucleus.
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