synapsis

syn ap sis |səˈnapsis səˈnæpsəs | ▶noun Biology the fusion of chromosome pairs at the start of meiosis. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sunapsis ‘connection, junction. ’

synapsis

synapsis |sɪˈnapsɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Biology the fusion of chromosome pairs at the start of meiosis. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sunapsis ‘connection, junction ’.

Synapsis

Sy n ap sis , Sy nap sis Substantiv, feminin Biologie , die |Syn a psis |die Synapsis; Genitiv: der Synapsis griechisch sýnapsis, Synapse Paarung der sich entsprechenden Chromosomen während der ersten Phase der Reduktionsteilung