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Synizesis Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix syn-

Synizesis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis

2

A poetic figure of speech in which two consecutive vowel sounds in the same word are pronounced as a single phoneme so that certain words adhere to a particular poetic meter.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organic process
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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