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English
Etymology
From New Latin syntēxis, from Ancient Greek σύντηξις (súntēxis, “a melting”).
Noun
syntexis (uncountable)
- (geology) A change in the structure of magma by melting or the assimilation of a different type of rock.
1857, Geological Magazine, volume 85, page 355:[...] is immaterial whether this magma is derived from a distinct earth shell, or is produced by syntexis between the sima and the sialic rocks.
- (medicine) emaciation or wasting away
1885, Dujardin-Beaumetz, “Indications for Antithermic Medication”, in New York Medical Abstract, volume 5, page 443:The patient feels no longer the irritating surface heat which so fatigues him; the syntexis or colliquation is less; he sleeps better, and this antithermic medication does well with forced feeding, [...]
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