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noun the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
originFrom Ancient Greek συνίζησις (sunízēsis, “a sitting together”), from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ἱζάνω (hizánō, “to sit”).
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