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noun, plural syn·the·ses 
[sin-thuh-seez] .
[sin-thuh-seez] . 1.
the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis,) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
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a complex whole formed by combining.
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Chemistry. the forming or building of a more complex substance or compound from elements or simpler compounds.
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Philosophy. the third stage of argument in Hegelian dialectic, which reconciles the mutually contradictory first two propositions, thesis and antithesis.
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EXPANDBiology. modern synthesis, a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
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COLLAPSEPsychology, Psychiatry. the integration of traits, attitudes, and impulses to create a total personality.
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Hegelian dialectic
noun
an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis), the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis).
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Word Origin & History
synthesis
1610s, from L. synthesis "collection, set, composition (of a medication)," from Gk. synthesis "composition," from syntithenai "put together, combine," from syn- "together" + tithenai "put, place," from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Synthesizer "electronic
EXPANDmusical instrument" is attested from 1909.
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Medical Dictionary
synthesis syn·the·sis (sĭn'thĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. syn·the·ses (-sēz')
The combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole.
Formation of a chemical compound from simpler compounds or elements.
A period in the cell cycle.
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| synthesis (sĭn'thĭ-sĭs) Pronunciation Key
Plural syntheses (sĭn'thĭ-sēz') The formation of a chemical compound through the combination of simpler compounds or elements. synthesize verb |
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