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prc\'ided

j

fome times

by

anothcr n,¡m!d

by

him; 2nd at

other timcs, cf?cci ,tI!y in

t:nteHainlUentS

provided

al

the

COOlmon cxpcncc:, he: \Vas cJcéled

by

lot, or

by

lhe

fuf·

f,, ~cs

01

, he gUtas.

SYMPTOM, in medicine, anY 'ppearance in a dife,fe,

whlch renes

lOindic¡llC

oc

pelot

OUt lls caufe,

approach,

durluoD,

evento

6 cI

SYMí'TOM .'\TI CAL , in m,dicine, i, • term of,en uCed

ro denote: {he ddfercncé bctwc:c:n the primary and

{econ~

ddry

cauCes

in

dl(c:~Jcs :

{hus

a

reHr

trom paio 1$

Caid

10

be rymptomatical, bc.c,,"ufe

it rifes from

pain ooly .

SYNlERESIS, conlr,élion, in i rammar, a figure \vhereby

two fyl!ables are

uni[~d

in

on~ ;

as

f)(IIUnJ

foc vdumens.

SYNAGOGUE, a.partieular .(fembly of Jew, me< 'o per–

form ,he offices of their rcligion. Alfo ,he place wherei.

,hey meel.

SYNALOEPHA, in grammar, a eontr.élio". of fyllable.,

performed prineipally by fupprefling fome vowcl or diph–

tbong

al

the cDd of a word, on aceount

oC

aoolher

vowcl

or diphlhong at ,be be::inning of ,he nexl. As

¡II'

<go,

for

i!I<

'lO,

&e.

SYNARTHROSIS, in aoatomy. See ANATO " V, p. ' 48.

SYNCHON DItOSIS, io analomy. S.. ANA'rOM

T ,

p. '48.

SYNCHRON I S~l,

deoo,es ,he happeoing of feveral thiogs

in the (ame time.

SYNCOPATION, in

mur.ck

, denotes a rlrikiog or bea,–

ing of time, whe reby lhe di!iiDélioDof lhe

fueral

times

or paru of the

meafure

is

interrupted.

SYNCOPE, "'INTI NG ,

iD

medicioe, a deep and fud den

fwoon,ng. whcrein lhe patient continuu wíthout any fen·

6ble hear, motion, (enfe, or

refpiralion,

and is feizcd

with a

~old

fwen oYer Ihe whole body, and .11 Ibe parto

to. o pole OIld cold as if dead. See

MEO

' CINE, p. 'S1.

SYNCOPE,

in grammar, ao clífion

Or

retrencbment

of a Jet·

ter or fyllable ou' of ,be middle of a word, as

ca/duJ

for

CAlidul .

SYNDlC

r in governmenr

and commerce,

3n

officcr in di·

ven

c9.1.Jn

~r¡es

intruned with

the.aff..irs of a

CilY,

or other

commur.iIY,

who calls

meetings, Alakes reprerentalions

and foliciulions la

lhe

mi nillry. magillracy,

6 c.

accord·

in2, 'o rhe exi¡ cncy of .he

cafe.

SYN DROME, a word iotroduced ioto medicine by tbe

empIne!',

who

mean

by

il a

concourfe

of

fymptoms.

SYNECDOCH E, in rho<orie, a kiod of Irope, frequeol

among

orator!

and

paeu . 1"here are three

kinds uf fy–

net

doches.

By

the

firlt ,

a part is IAken for [he whole

j

as the

POiOl

'or ,he

fwo rd,

the

roof (o,

lhe

houCe, the

fails for tbe Ib.p,

Ó c.

By the fecood, ,he whole i, ufed

for a

parto

By

Ihe

Ihird,

the maller whereof the lhiog

i.

made is ufed for ,he ,niog itfelf; as aecl for

Cwo.d,

filver for money,

Ó c.

T o whicb

OI ••

y

~e

.dded anolher

Id nd, 'wbeo lhe fpeoie. i. ufed for ,he

g~ous,

or ,he &e–

OUI

for the

fpecies.

SVN ECOOCHE, in

Greek

and

L:\tin

gr~mmar,

is when the

ablalive of

4l

p~rt

or an adjunét of

il

[entence

is c1unged·

into

the

accuratíve.

\SYNECPHONESIS, io grammar, • co.litioo whereby two

fyllable. are

prooounc.ed

as_.ooc.

SYNGENES IA, io bonoy. Sce BOTANY , p.635 '

SYNNEUROSIS, in ao",omy. Sec A NATO"V, p. 148.

SYNOCHU S. or S VNO CHA, in mcd;';i ne, • eon.inual lc-

Ter,

wlthout

any

remiflion.

8te

M EDI CItIE,

p. 79.

SYNOD, in allronomy, a conj unélioo, or ecncourfe of

I IVO

or more r1:ars, cr pl:\n!fS, in

Ihe ftime

o( ticJ.1

place of die

heavens.

S V': oo.

'igni5es

alfo

a

meeting.

or afi''!'mbl y of tcckGal1i.

cal pel reos, cooccrnlOUmanas of rellf ion .

SYNOD ,\LS,

were

pecuoiary

re nlS,

commonly

of

t\'lO

fhdling~,

p.nd

to lhe

bHhop,

or archdC:j{con, ;H Ihe time

of

Iheir

Ean~r

vifil iltion.

by

cvery

parilh prien.

SYNODI CAL. Com« hiog

bdongio~

10

a íy"od : ,h.. ry–

nodical

epiHles are circular

tener!

wrinen

by

Ihe

fynods

tO

che abrent

prel ates and churchts, or c\'en

chofe gene–

ral ones direéled 'o all the faith fúl, ' o inform them of

what had p¿(fed io Ihe fynod.

S,YNOECIA, in Geecion aOliquity, a feaa celebraled

al

AtiJens, in

nlemory

of Theleus's having united

aH the

petty communilies of Attíca into one {¡r.gle commonweahh,

the

(eH

whcrcof

W2S

Alhcns, whcre

'all

Ihe::

.dremblies

werc

to

be held. This feaft was

dedic.ued

lO

'Mlnerva ;

and, aecording to ,he fcholiaH ofThucydides, it was held

in

the month Metagitlilion.

SYNONYMOUS, i, applied

10

a word or lerm l)la, has ,he

{ame

impon

or IignificatioD wilh anolher.

.

SYNOVIA, io medicine, a ' ernl ufed by Parcelfus, lod

his

echool,

for

the

nutricioys

juice

proper 2nd

peculiar

to

cach pan; thus they talk

of

the fynov,a

of lhe

joiots ,

of the brain,

Óc.

SYNTAX, io grammar, ,he proper eoorlruélion, or due '

di{pcfiuoo of

lhe

words

of a

language,

into

fcntencc.s,

oc

phr.tfes. See

G a AMMA R.

SYNTEXIS,

in medicine, an attenuation, or colliquation

of Ibe folids of ,he body. fuch as frequently happens in'

atrophies,

infl.~mru~tions

of the

bOVlels.

SYNTHETIC , or SYNTHETICAL , Is, according

10

Dr.

Shaw,

a term

given

10

thu

pan

of

chemifiry, whlch,

af·

ter

lhe analytical chemillry

h~s

takeo bodies

10

pieces,

or reduceo Ihem to thetr principIes. can, from

lhefe fe·

parated principies, either reeompound the fame body

gaiD,

or,

from lhe

mDuures

of

[he prinCipies of one

or

more .bodies in various manners; form :\

la,

ce

fet

of ncw

produétions, which wOI:ld

have becn unknown

tO

the world

bu, for ,hi. art : fuch produ[hoo, ale braody, foap,

gl.fs

, .

and ,he like.

SYNU SIAST S, a fea of heretics, who maintained, ,hal

Ihere

\ll,,"S

but oee nature and one {ingle

fu bllance

in Je.

fus Chrifl.

SYRACU SE, a ci,y .nd porl-towo of Sicily, io. the pro–

vioee of Val de Noto, r.t. aled

bn

a fine bay of ,he Me–

diterrane:,o

re~,

,on

Ihe

e¡,ft coan

of Ihe iO,wJ :

in E .

loog . ISO S', N . lato 37° 2S'·

SYRt A, • pa" of Ar.,tic Turk y, houllded by Natoli. and

T urcamania,

00

the north;

by

Diarbec or McCopotamla

00

,he earl; by Ar.b.. and P alcrline on Ihe fouth; and

by Ilie L evant-fea on the \Verl . T he Tu,ks divide Syri.

ioto

three begle:rbcglies, or

vice-royahics,

viz ,

thofe

of

Alerro, Tripoli, ano D.m.fcus, or Scham, the Cea" of

lhe refpellive

viccloys.

SYRINGA, io botany, • genus of Ihe di,odria

monogyni~

c1. fs.- The coroll. confi ll. of four fegmeo", .od ,he

capfulc has twO

eclls.

Thcre are

l WO

fpecies, both na·

t¡,'es of

Pcdi,¡,

SYR INGE, a well koowo ioarumenl, (crviog

10

iOlhibe or

luck

in

a

~u:lntity

of

fluid, aad

10

fquirt

or

cxpel

lhe '

fame with vlolt:nce.

A

fynn!jc

is only a {ingle pump, and

lhe

water

a~ccn('s .

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