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Showing words for SYNIZESIS using the English dictionary
9 Letter Words for Synizesis
synezisis, synizesis
8 Letter Words for Synizesis
siziness
7 Letter Words for Synizesis
seizins, synesis
6 Letter Words for Synizesis
isseis, nisses, seizin
5 Letter Words for Synizesis
ensis, isize, issei, nisei, nisse, nizey, siens, sines, sises, sissy, sizes, snies, snyes, syens, synes, sysin, zeins, zeiss, zines
4 Letter Words for Synizesis
isis, ness, nies, nisi, nizy, nyes, seis, sens, sess, seys, sien, sine, sins, sise, sisi, siss, size, sizy, snye, syen, syes, syne, yeni, yens, yins, zein, zine, zins
3 Letter Words for Synizesis
ens, ess, eyn, ins, ise, isn, isz, nei, nie, nis, nye, nys, sei, sen, sey, sez, sie, sin, sis, sny, sse, sye, syn, yen, yes, yin, yis, zen, zin
Definitions for Synizesis
[1] the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong.
[2] phonetics the contraction of two vowels originally belonging to separate syllables into a single syllable, without diphthongization Compare syneresis
[3] cytology the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
Words nearby Synizesis
syngeneic, syngeneic graft, syngeneic homograft, syngenesis, syngraft, synizesis, synkaryon, synkinesis, synnema, synod, synod of whitby
Origin of Synizesis
1840–50; < Late Latin < Greek synízēsis, equivalent to syn- syn- + (h)iz- (stem of hízein to sit1) + -ēsis -esis
Word origin for Synizesis
C19: via Late Latin from Greek sunizēsis a collapse, from sunizanein to sink down, from syn- + hizein to sit