syntexis

See also: Syntexis

English

Etymology

From New Latin syntēxis, from Ancient Greek σύντηξις (súntēxis, “a melting”).

Noun

syntexis (uncountable)

1. (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.

2. (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, [...]

See also

• syntaxis