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-13: 978–0–88312–000–2; ISBN-10: 0–88312–000–3), chapter 9 title:

     Synæresis, spirantization, and sonorant-degemination