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syndesis
syn·de·sis [ síndəssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
use of constructions with conjunctions: the use in grammar of constructions in which clauses are joined by conjunctions
[Early 20th century. < German< Greek desis "binding" < dein "bind"]
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