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synaeresis

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syn⋅aer⋅e⋅sis

  [si-ner-uh-sis]
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–noun Phonetics.
1. the contraction of two syllables or two vowels into one, esp. the contraction of two vowels so as to form a diphthong.
2. synizesis.
Also, syneresis.

Origin:
1570–80; < LL < Gk synaíresis act of taking together, equiv. to syn- syn- + (h)aire- (s. of haireîn to take) + -sis -sis

syn⋅i⋅ze⋅sis

  [sin-uh-zee-sis]
–noun Phonetics.
the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong.
Also called synaeresis.

Origin:
1840–50; < LL < Gk synízēsis, equiv. to syn- syn- + (h)iz- (s. of hízein to sit 1 ) + -ēsis -esis
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syn·aer·e·sis   (sĭ-něr'ĭ-sĭs)   
n.  Variant of syneresis.
syn·er·e·sis also syn·aer·e·sis   (sĭ-něr'ĭ-sĭs)   
n.   pl. syn·er·e·ses also syn·aer·e·ses (-sēz')

  1. Linguistics The drawing together into one syllable of two consecutive vowels or syllables, as in the formation of a diphthong.

  2. Chemistry Exudation of the liquid component of a gel.


[Late Latin synaeresis, from Greek sunairesis, from sunairein, to contract : sun-, syn- + hairein, to take, grasp.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: synaeresis
variant of SYNERESIS
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synizesis syn·i·ze·sis (sĭn'ĭ-zē'sĭs)
n.

  1. Closure or obliteration of the pupil of the eye.

  2. The phase of meiosis in some species in which the chromatin contracts into a mass at one side of the nucleus.

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