synizesis

American  

[sin-uh-zee-sis] / ˌsɪn əˈzi sɪs /

noun

Phonetics.

1. 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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synizesis British  

/ ˌsɪnɪˈziːsɪs /

noun

1. phonetics the contraction of two vowels originally belonging to separate syllables into a single syllable, without diphthongization Compare syneresis

2. cytology the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis

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Etymology

Origin of synizesis

1840–50; < Late Latin < Greek synízēsis, equivalent to syn- syn- + ( h ) iz- (stem of hízein to sit ¹ ) + -ēsis -esis

Example Sentences

The synizesis and synapsis stages are especially clear.

From Project Gutenberg

The larvæ only were collected, as they gave all the desired stages for a study of the spermatogenesis, and also oögonia and synizesis and synapsis stages of the oöcytes.

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There is no synizesis and no polarized or bouquet stage, but the nuclei of all of the spermatocytes contain a continuous spireme throughout the growth stage.

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