| 单词 | parasynapsis |
| 释义 | parasynapsis in British English (ˌpærəsɪˈnæpsɪs) noun another name for synapsis (sense 1) Derived forms parasynaptic (ˌparasynˈaptic) adjective parasynapsis in American English (ˌpærəsɪnˈæpsɪs) noun the union of chromosomes side by side during meiosis Word origin ModL: see para-1 & synapsisparasynapsis in American English (ˌpærəsɪˈnæpsɪs) noun Biology the conjugation of chromosomes side by side; synapsis Derived forms parasynaptic adjective parasynaptist noun Word origin [1905–10; para-1 + synapsis]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cadre, persona, revolving door, stabilizer, white listpara- is a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbalderivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activitiesauxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para- may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupationalroles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of ahigher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional (paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice) |
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