synæresis

See also: synaeresis

English

Noun

synæresis (plural synæreses)

1. Alternative spelling of synaeresis
   • 1951 June 30, BB Marsh, Nature 167 - Letters to Nature: A Factor Modifying Muscle Fibre Synæresis, pages 1065–1066:

     IN an attempt to extend observations on the synæresis of actomyosin by adenosine triphosphate to a less disorganized and more physiologically complete system, the volume changes which accompany the disappearance of the latter in a muscle fibre suspension are being studied.

   • 1985, Charles-James N. Bailey, Ethnoloɠue, Languages of the World: English Phonetic Transcription, →ISBN, chapter 9 title:

     Synæresis, spirantization, and sonorant-degemination