synchysis

[Gr. syngchysis, from syn=together, and chysis a pouring; cheo =to pour.] *I. Ord. Lang. Confusion, derangement. II. Technically: 1. Pathology : (2) The opaquene or corrosion of the cornea with an apparent confusion of the humors of the eye the effect of violent ophthalmia. 2. Rhet .: A confused arrangement of words in a sentence which obscures the sense. syn-çi-put, s. [SINCIPUT.] syn-clā-dě-1, s. pl. [Pref. syn-, and Gr. klados = a branch.] Botany: A section of mo es with fasciculate branches, the female flower occupying the place of a branch, or united in the axes of two or more branches. Antheridia at the tips of short reflexed ramuli, inserted singly among the leaves. Only one natural order, Sphagnei (q. v.). syn-clin'-al, a. & 8. [ Gr.syngklinō -to incline together: syn together, and klinō -to bend, to incline.] A. As adjective : Geol . ( of strata ): Sloping downward in opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line. B. As subst.: A synclinal line or axis. synclinal-axis, 8. [SYNCLINAL-LINE.] synclinal-dip, s. (Seeley.)