SYNAPSIS


Meaning of SYNAPSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈnap-səs ]

noun

( plural syn·ap·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1895

: the association of homologous chromosomes that is characteristic of the first meiotic prophase

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