synapsis
[ si-nap-sis ]
/ sɪˈnæp sɪs /
noun, plural syn·ap·ses [si-nap-seez] /sɪˈnæp siz/.
Origin of synapsis
OTHER WORDS FROM synapsis
syn·ap·tic [si-nap-tik] /sɪˈnæp tɪk/, syn·ap·ti·cal, adjective syn·ap·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby synapsis
synalepha,
synalgia,
synaloepha,
synapse,
synapsid,
synapsis,
synapte,
synaptic,
synaptic cleft,
synaptic conduction,
synaptic gap
Example sentences from the Web for synapsis
The method of synapsis in Coptocycla is like that described for Chelymorpha argus.
Studies in Spermatogenesis |Nettie Maria StevensFrom this synapsis the lower neurone proceeds, its axons travelling to the anterior horn and arborising around the motor cells.
The synizesis and synapsis stages are similar to those in Chelymorpha (figs. 61 and 62).
Studies in Spermatogenesis |Nettie Maria StevensThere is in the male, in addition to the X, also a Y chromosome, which acts as its mate in synapsis and reduction.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila |Thomas Hunt Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for synapsis
synapsis
/ (sɪˈnæpsɪs) /
noun plural -ses (-siːz)
cytology
the association in pairs of homologous chromosomes at the start of meiosis
another word for synapse
Word Origin for synapsis
C19: from New Latin, from Greek
sunapsis junction, from
sunaptein to join together, from
syn- +
haptein to connect
Medical definitions for synapsis
synapsis
[ sĭ-năp′sĭs ]
n. pl. syn•ap•ses (-sēz)
The side-by-side association of homologous paternal and maternal chromosomes during early meiotic prophase.