METASYNCRISIS
\mˌɛtəsˈɪŋkɹɪsˌiz], \mˌɛtəsˈɪŋkɹɪsˌiz], \m_ˌɛ_t_ə_s_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˌi_z]\
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A word employed by some disciples of Aselepiades. This physician supposed, that all animals are formed by the union or assemblage of atoms. The word Metasyncrisis was invented to express the recomposition of bodies after their momentary dissolution. Some have rendered the word by the Latin Recorporatio.
By Robley Dunglison
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