Dictionary

synizesis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɪnɪˈziːsɪs/
• /sɪnəˈziːsɪs/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνίζησις (sunízēsis, “a sitting together”), from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ἱζάνω (hizánō, “to sit”).

Meanings

1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The fusion of two syllables into one without the formation of a recognized diphthong, especially to fit a certain poetic meter.
2. (countable, uncountable) A dense clumping of chromosomes on one side of the nucleus of a cell, sometimes occurring prior to cell division.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Occlusion of the pupil of the eye, resulting in loss of vision.

Forms

Deriveds

synizetic

Translations (14)

sh sinìceza (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · it sinizesi (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · fr synizésis (occlusion of the eye pupil) · fr synizèse (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · pt sinizese (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · ru синизе́са (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · fr synizèse (clumping of chromosomes in a cell) · fr synizésis (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · fr synizèse (occlusion of the eye pupil) · sh синѝцеза (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · fr synizésis (clumping of chromosomes in a cell) · fi synizesis (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · el συνίζηση (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong) · oc sinizèsi (fusion of two syllables without the formation of a diphthong)