Syntexis
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A change in the structure of magma by melting or the assimilation of a different type of rock. uncountable
"[...] is immaterial whether this magma is derived from a distinct earth shell, or is produced by syntexis between the sima and the sialic rocks."
- 2 emaciation or wasting away uncountable
"The patient feels no longer the irritating surface heat which so fatigues him; the syntexis or colliquation is less; he sleeps better, and this antithermic medication does well with forced feeding, [...]"
Example
More examples"[...] is immaterial whether this magma is derived from a distinct earth shell, or is produced by syntexis between the sima and the sialic rocks."
Etymology
From New Latin syntēxis, from Ancient Greek σύντηξις (súntēxis, “a melting”).
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