Word: asynapsis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
syn
ap
sis
Definition: The failure of synapsis during meiosis.
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Forming words with the sense of wholly, or utterly out.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex-
Language: la
Decoded: ex-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: out, away
Affix: synapsis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Alternative form of synapse; the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
Etymology Compounds: Affix: συν-
Language: grc
Decoded: sun-
Meaning: together
Affix: ἅπτω
Language: grc
Decoded: apto
Meaning: to join
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process