syn·tag·ma 
(sĭn-tăgmə) also syn·tagm (sĭntăm)
(sĭn-tăgmə) also syn·tagm (sĭntăm)n. pl. syn·tag·mas or syn·tag·ma·ta (-tăgmə-tə) also syn·tagms
1. A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another.
2. A sequence of words in a particular syntactic relationship to one another; a construction.
[New Latin, from French syntagme, from Greek suntagma, suntagmat-, arrangement, syntactic unit, from suntassein, suntag-, to put in order; see SYNTAX.]