Definitions for synapsis

synapsis syn·ap·sis

Spelling: [si-nap-sis]
IPA: /sɪˈnæp sɪs/

Synapsis is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in synapsis (ainpsssy).

Definitions for synapsis

noun

  1. Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
  2. Physiology. synapse.

Origin of synapsis

1645-55; New Latin Greek sýnapsis junction, equivalent to synap- (stem of synáptein to make contact, equivalent to syn- syn- + (h)áptein to touch) + -sis Examples for synapsis

There is in the male, in addition to the X, also a Y chromosome, which acts as its mate in synapsis and reduction.

The method of synapsis in Coptocycla is like that described for Chelymorpha argus.

The synizesis and synapsis stages are similar to those in Chelymorpha (figs. 61 and 62).

From this synapsis the lower neurone proceeds, its axons travelling to the anterior horn and arborising around the motor cells.

Word Value for synapsis
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