Synecdochical


noun, Rhetoric.
1.
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
noun
1.
a figure of speech in which a part is substituted for a whole or a whole for a part, as in 50 head of cattle for 50 cows, or the army for a soldier

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    noun, Rhetoric. 1. a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man. noun 1. a figure of speech in which […]

  • Synechia

    noun, plural synechiae [si-nek-ee-ee, -nee-kee-ee, sin-i-kahy-ee] /sɪˈnɛk iˌi, -ˈni kiˌi, ˌsɪn ɪˈkaɪ i/ (Show IPA). Medicine/Medical, Pathology. 1. any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea. synechia syn·ech·i·a (sĭ-něk’ē-ə, -nē’kē-ə) n. pl. syn·ech·i·ae (sĭ-něk’ē-ē’, -nē’kē-ē’) An adhesion of parts, especially involving the iris. Anterior synechia. Posterior synechia.

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    synechiotomy syn·ech·i·ot·o·my (sĭ-něk’ē-ŏt’ə-mē) n. Surgical division of a synechia.

  • Synechism

    noun 1. a doctrine of philosophical thinking stressing the importance of the idea of continuity: named and advocated by C. S. Peirce.

  • Synecious

    adjective 1. synoicous. adjective 1. a variant spelling of synoecious


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