| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
synapsis (sɪˈnæpsɪs) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -ses | |
| 1. | cytology the association in pairs of homologous chromosomes at the start of meiosis |
| 2. | another word for synapse |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Greek sunapsis junction, from sunaptein to join together, from | |
synapsis syn·ap·sis (sĭ-nāp'sĭs)
n. pl. syn·ap·ses (-sēz)
The side-by-side association of homologous paternal and maternal chromosomes during early meiotic prophase.