Definition of Synezesis

1. Noun. The contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis.

Exact synonyms: Synizesis
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Group relationships: Prophase

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synezesis

synergize
synergized
synergizes
synergizing
synergy
synes
syneses
synesis
synesises
synesthesia
synesthesias
synesthete
synesthetes
synesthetic
synesthetic metaphor
synezesis (current term)
synfuel
synfuels
syngameon
syngameons
syngamic
syngamies
syngamous
syngamy
syngas
syngases
syngenecious
syngeneic
syngeneic transplantation

Literary usage of Synezesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies from the Department of Anatomy by Dept. of Anatomy, Cornell University, Medical College (1910)
"The oogenesis is similar to the spermatogenesis through the synezesis stage. ... 14, and two cells in the synezesis stage are seen in fig. 15. ..."

2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"In the synezesis stage (Figs. 13-16), the threads drift and mass at one pole of the cell into a grouping which has apparently no established order and from ..."

3. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1896)
"32 ; Miiller, de R. M? p. 299 ff.; Lachmann ad Liter. iii. 917. Instances of synezesis in Persius are/«'/K»'/a, U. 57; ..."

4. Addresses and Essays by Morris Hicky Morgan (1910)
"1 See Christ, Metrik? p. 32; Muller, de R. M?, p. 299 ff.; Lachmann ad Lucr. 3, 917. Instances of synezesis in Persius are pituita, 2, 57; ..."

5. Addresses and Essays by Morris Hicky Morgan (1910)
"... it in the remains of Latin literature. 1 See Christ, Metrik? p. 32; Muller, de R. M?, p. 299 ff.; Lachmann ad Lucr. 3, 917. Instances of synezesis in ..."

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