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syn·i·ze·sis

 (sĭn′ĭ-zē′sĭs)
n.pl.syn·i·ze·ses(-sēz)
1.Linguistics The union in pronunciation of two adjacent vowels into one syllable without forming a diphthong.
2.Biology The phase of meiosis in some species in which the chromatin contracts into a mass at one side of the nucleus.
[Late Latinsynizēsis, from Greeksunizēsis, fromsunizein,to collapse :sun-,syn- +hizein,to settle down; seesed- inIndo-European roots.]
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synizesis

(ˌsɪnɪˈziːsɪs)
n
1. (Phonetics & Phonology)phonetics the contraction of two vowels originally belonging to separate syllables into a single syllable, without diphthongization. Comparesyneresis
2. (Biology)cytology the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
[C19: via Late Latin from Greeksunizēsis a collapse, fromsunizanein to sink down, from syn- +hizein to sit]
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syn•i•ze•sis

(ˌsɪn əˈzi sɪs)

n.
the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong. Also calledsyneresis.
[1840–50; < Late Latin < Greeksynízēsis= syníz(ein) to fall together, collapse (syn-syn- +hízein tosit)]
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Noun1.synizesis - the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
biological process,organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
prophase - the first stage of meiosis
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