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Definition: Synapsis |
SynapsisNoun1. The side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | The pairing between homologous chromosomes of maternal and paternal origin during the prophase of meiosis, leading to the formation of gametes. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The regio where the processes of two neurons come into close continguity, and the nervous impulse passes from one to the other; the fibres of the two are intermeshed, but, according to the general view, there is no direct continguity. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Synapsis |
| English words defined with "synapsis": bivalent ♦ double ♦ univalent. (references) |
| "Synapsis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Synapsis" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
synapsis | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "synapsis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | synapse (synapse), kromosomparring (pairing), kontaktkurv (synapse), konjugation (conjugation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | synapsis (synapse), chromosomenparing (chromosome pairing, pairing, syndesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syndeesi (chromosome pairing, syndesis), synapsis (pairing), synapsi (chromosome pairing, synapse, syndesis), kromosomien pariutuminen (chromosome pairing, pairing of chromosomes, syndesis), kromosomien konjugaatio (chromosome pairing, syndesis), konjugointi (chromosome pairing, syndesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | syndèse, synapse (synapse, synaptic input), accolement des chromosomes (syndesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Syndese (chromosome pairing, pairing, syndesis), Synapsis (chromosome pairing, pairing, syndesis), Synapse (synapse), Chromosomenpaarung (chromosome pairing, pairing of chromosomes, syndesis), Chromosomenkonjugation (pairing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνένωσις χρωμοσωμάτων (chromosome pairing, syndesis), ταίριασμα (compatibility, match, matching, pairing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sindesi (pairing), sinapsi (synapse), appaiamento dei cromosomi (chromosome pairing, syndesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ynapsissay sinapse (chromosome pairing, syndesis), junção em pares de cromossomas (chromosome pairing, syndesis), emparelhamento de cromossomas (chromosome pairing, pairing of chromosomes, syndesis), acasalamento de cromossomas (chromosome pairing, syndesis). (various references) apareamiento cromosómico (chromosome pairing, syndesis), apareamiento (mating, pairing). (various references) synapsis (chromosome pairing, syndesis), kromosomparning (chromosome pairing, syndesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "synapsis": asynapsis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-p-s-s-s-y" | |
-2 letters: sasins. | |
-3 letters: apsis, aspis, ayins, nipas, pains, pansy, pians, pinas, pyins, sains, sasin, sassy, sissy, snaps, snips, spans, spays, spins, spiny. | |
-4 letters: ains, anis, asps, ayin, naps, nays, nipa, nips, pain, pans, pass, pays, pian, pias, pina, pins, piny, piss, psis, pyas, pyin, sain, sans, saps, sass, says, sins, sips, snap, snip, span. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-p-s-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: asynapsis, synapsids. | |
+4 letters: physicalness, surpassingly. | |
+5 letters: parasynthesis, sycophantisms, typicalnesses. | |
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