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synizesis

[ sin-uh-zee-sis ]

noun

Phonetics.
  1. the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong.


synizesis

/ ˌɪɪˈːɪ /

noun

  1. phonetics the contraction of two vowels originally belonging to separate syllables into a single syllable, without diphthongization Compare syneresis
  2. cytology the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of synizesis1

1840–50; < Late Latin < Greek íŧ, equivalent to syn- syn- + ( h ) iz- (stem of í𾱲 to sit 1 ) + -esis
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of synizesis1

C19: via Late Latin from Greek ܲԾŧ a collapse, from sunizanein to sink down, from syn- + hizein to sit
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The synizesis and synapsis stages are especially clear.

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There is no synizesis and no polarized or bouquet stage, but the nuclei of all of the spermatocytes contain a continuous spireme throughout the growth stage.

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The larvæ only were collected, as they gave all the desired stages for a study of the spermatogenesis, and also oögonia and synizesis and synapsis stages of the oöcytes.

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