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synchisis

synchisis is the alternative form of synchysis.

Meaning of synchysis

Noun

synchysis (countable and uncountable, plural synchyses)

  1. A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries.
  2. (rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence.
  3. A confused mixture.
  4. Fluidity of the vitreous humour of the eye.

Forms of synchisis

pluralsynchises

Questions about synchisis

What is synchisis the alternative form of?
Synchisis is the alternative form of synchysis.

Words near synchisis in the dictionary

  1. synchesis
  2. synchicity
  3. synching
  4. synchiotrophoblast
  5. synchises
  6. synchisis
  7. synchondroses
  8. synchondrosial
  9. synchondrosially
  10. synchondrosis
  11. synchondrotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: synchisis (page history and authors); synchysis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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