syndesis
noun/sɪnˈdiːsɪs/
Etymology Initially in cytology from German Syndesis, coined by Valentin Häcker in 1904 from Ancient Greek σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding, joining”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, “-sis: forming nouns”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to syn- + -desis.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Rhetoric, Usually Synonym of syndeton, the use of conjunctions or syndetic constructions.
- Derived terms
- acrosyndesis, spondylosyndesis, syndetic, syndetically
- Related terms
- tenodesis