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syndesis

/sɪnˈdiːsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
syn-de-sis
IPA
/sɪnˈdiːsɪs/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of arthrodesis, the artificial fusion of a joint between two or more bones.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of syndeton, the use of conjunctions or syndetic constructions.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of synapsis, the pairing of chromosomes during cellular reproduction.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Syndesis, σύνδεσις

Usage

Inflected Forms

syndeses (plural)

Derived Forms

acrosyndesis spondylosyndesis syndetic syndetically

Frequently Paired Words

tenodesis

Synonyms

arthrodesis syndeton synapsis

Antonyms

asyndesis

Rhymes With

thesis csis mimesis kinesis cytokinesis diuresis arthrodesis diaphoresis diegesis pleurodesis schesis tmesis

Questions

How do you pronounce syndesis?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɪnˈdiːsɪs/.
What does syndesis mean?
Synonym of arthrodesis, the artificial fusion of a joint between two or more bones.
Where does syndesis come from?
It is traced to German.

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