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synizesis2 CONSTRUCTSSynizesis (prosody)WEST · PROSODY / METRICSSynizesis (cytology)NEWMAN DORLAND · CYTOLOGY

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prosody / metrics

The metrical merging of two adjacent vowels within a word into a single syllable without a written contraction.

In prosody / metrics, synizesis refers to The metrical merging of two adjacent vowels within a word into a single syllable without a written contraction. This meaning comes from West (1982) in Greek metre. Here synizesis is not synizesis: the contraction and clumping of chromatin to one side of the nucleus during meiotic prophase.[1]

Unit
a merged syllable
Recovery means
scansion requiring one syllable
Measured by
two vowels -> one syllable

cytology

the contraction and clumping of chromatin to one side of the nucleus during meiotic prophase.

In cytology, synizesis refers to Synizesis: the contraction and clumping of chromatin to one side of the nucleus during meiotic prophase. This meaning comes from Dorland (2003) in Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. Here synizesis is not the metrical merging of two adjacent vowels within a word into a single syllable without a written contraction.[2]

Unit
a nuclear state
Recovery means
microscopy of meiotic nuclei
Measured by
degree/stage of clumping

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References

  1. West, M. L. (1982). Greek metre. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198140184
  2. Dorland, W. A. N. (2003). Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary (30th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 9780721601465

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