SYNCHYSIS
Etymology
Noun
synchysis (countable and uncountable, plural synchyses)
(poetics) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries.
(rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence
A confused mixture.
Fluidity of the vitreous humour of the eye.
Source: Wiktionary
Syn"chy*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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