Syndesis
//sɪnˈdiːsɪs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 Synonym of arthrodesis, the artificial fusion of a joint between two or more bones. uncountable, usually
- 2 Synonym of syndeton, the use of conjunctions or syndetic constructions. rhetoric, uncountable, usually
- 3 Synonym of synapsis, the pairing of chromosomes during cellular reproduction. obsolete, uncountable, usually
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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.
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