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noun
Synonym of arthrodesis, the artificial fusion of a joint between two or more bones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: orthopedics
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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Synonyms: arthrodesis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of syndeton, the use of conjunctions or syndetic constructions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable, usually
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: syndeton
Antonyms: asyndesis
noun
Synonym of synapsis, the pairing of chromosomes during cellular reproduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: synapsis
Antonyms: none provided
History
Initially in cytology from German Syndesis, coined by Valentin Häcker in 1904 from Ancient Greek σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding, joining”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, “-sis: forming nouns”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to syn- + -desis.
