the association in pairs of homologous chromosomes at the start of meiosis - another word for synapse
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syn•ap•sis
(si nap′sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation
syn•ap•tic
(si nap′tik),USA pronunciation syn•ap′ti•cal, adj.
syn•ap′ti•cal•ly, adv.
- Cell BiologyAlso called syndesis. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- Cell Biology[Physiol.]synapse.
- Greek sýnapsis junction, equivalent. to synap- (stem of synáptein to make contact, equivalent. to syn- syn- + (h)áptein to touch) + -sis -sis
- Neo-Latin
- 1645–55;
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