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Macaulay.

2. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.

-- Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

Symp`tom*a*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, symptom + -logy: cf. F. symptomatologie.] (Med.) The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event.

Syn- (?). [Gr. sy`n with.] A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l.

{ Syn*ac"me (?), Syn*ac"my (?), } n. [NL. synacme. See Syn-, and Acme.] (Bot.) Same as Synanthesis.

{ Syn*ær"e*sis, Syn*er"e*sis } (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a taking or drawing together, fr. &?; to take together; sy`n with + &?; to take, to grasp. See Syn-, and Heresy.] (Gram.) The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diæresis.

Syn`a*gog"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a synagogue.

Syn"a*gogue (?), n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. &?; a bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. &?; to bring together; sy`n with + &?; to lead. See Syn-, and Agent.] 1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.

2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.

3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.

4. A congregation in the early Christian church.

My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring.

James ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.).

5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] Milton.

Syn`a*le"pha (?), n. [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. &?;, from &?; to melt together; sy`n with + &?; to besmear.] (Gram.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army. [Written also synalœpha.]

Syn`al*lag*mat"ic, a. [Gr. &?;, from &?; a mutual agreement, contract, fr. &?; to exchange, negotiate with; sy`n with + &?; to change.] (Law) Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract. Bouvier.

Syn`al*lax"ine (?), a. [From Gr. &?; to associate with.] (Zoöl.) Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to the creepers.

||Syn`a*lœ"pha (?), n. [L.] Same as Synalepha.

||Syn*an"gi*um (?), n.; pl. Synangia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; + &?; a ||hollow vessel.] (Anat.) The divided part beyond the pylangium in the ||aortic trunk of the amphibian heart. -- Syn*an"gi*al (#), a.

Syn*an"ther*ous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + anther.] (Bot.) Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.

||Syn`an*the"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + Gr. &?; bloom.] ||(Bot.) The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a ||blossom. Gray.

Syn*an"thous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. &?; flower.] (Bot.) Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; -- said of certain plants.

Syn*an"throse" (?), n. [From NL. Synantheræ the Compositæ; Gr. sy`n with + &?; blooming.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositæ.

||Syn*ap"ta (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; fastened together; sy`n with + ||&?; to fasten.] (Zoöl.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians ||which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. ||See Illustration in Appendix.

Syn*ap"tase (?), n. [Gr. &?; fastened together + diastase.] (Chem.) A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.

||Syn`ap*tic"u*la (?), n.; pl. Synapticulæ (#). [NL., dim. from Gr. &?; ||fastened together.] (Zoöl.) One of numerous calcareous processes ||which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain ||corals, especially of the fungian corals.