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Synchysis

Synchysis \Syn"chy*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to confound; sy`n with + ? to pour.] A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye.

Sparkling synchysis (Med.), a condition in which the vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales of cholesterin.

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synchysis

n. 1 (context poetics English) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries. 2 A confused mixture. 3 (context rhetoric English) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence;

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Synchysis

Synchises is a rhetorical technique wherein words are intentionally scattered to create bewilderment. By disrupting the normal course of a sentence, it forces the audience to consider the meaning of the words and the relationship between them.