asynapsis

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Scrabble points: 14
Words With Friends: 15
Letters: 9

Definition of asynapsis

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable, usually)The failure of synapsis during meiosis.

“For example in the AB chromosome (Fig. 6a, b), homologous sections near the centromere were often situated nearby each other, due to asynapsis, and thus the area near the centromere appeared as a thickening.”

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Etymology

From a- + synapsis.

Words you can make from asynapsis

122 playable · top: SYNAPSIS (13 pts)

Best play synapsis 13 points

8-letter words

1 word

SANYASIS 11 pts

7-letter words

2 words

6-letter words

5 words

5-letter words

26 words

4-letter words

41 words

3-letter words

34 words

2-letter words

12 words

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