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The fusion of two syllables into one without the formation of a recognized diphthong, especially to fit a certain poetic meter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Topics: communications, human-sciences, journalism, linguistics, literature, media, phonetics, phonology, poetry, prosody, publishing, sciences, writing
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A dense clumping of chromosomes on one side of the nucleus of a cell, sometimes occurring prior to cell division.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Occlusion of the pupil of the eye, resulting in loss of vision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, pathology, sciences
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the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: synezesis
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Broader terms: organic process, biological process
From Ancient Greek συνίζησις (sunízēsis, “a sitting together”), from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ἱζάνω (hizánō, “to sit”).
Across languages
Translations 14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish :
synizesis
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
French :
synizèse
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
French :
synizésis
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
Greek :
συνίζηση
(synízisi)
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
Italian :
sinizesi
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
Occitan :
sinizèsi
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
Portuguese :
sinizese
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
Russian :
синизе́са
(sinizésa)
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
Serbo-Croatian :
синѝцеза
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
Serbo-Croatian :
sinìceza
— fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong
French :
synizèse
— clumping of chromosomes in a cell
French :
synizésis
— clumping of chromosomes in a cell
French :
synizèse
— occlusion of the eye pupil
French :
synizésis
— occlusion of the eye pupil
