||Syn`neo*ro"sis (?), n.; pl. Synneuroses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; sy`n
||with + &?; a sinew, ligament.] (Anat.) Syndesmosis.
||Syn"o*cha (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a holding together. See
||Synechia.] (Med.) See Synochus. [Obs.]
Syn"o*chal (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha.
[Obs.]
||Syn"o*chus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; joined together.] (Med.) A
||continuous fever. [Obs.]
Synocha and synochus were used as epithets of two distinct types of
fever, but in different senses at different periods. The same disease
is placed under synocha by one author, under synochus by another.
Quain.
Syn"o*cil (?), n. [Pref. syn- + cilium.] (Zoöl.) A sense organ found in
certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises
from a single cell.
Syn"od (sn"d), n. [L. synodus, Gr. sy`nodos a meeting; sy`n with +
"odo`s a way; cf. AS. sinoð, senoð, F. synode, both from the Latin.] 1.
(Eccl. Hist.) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church
matters.
Synods are of four kinds: 1. General, or ecumenical, which are composed
of bishops from different nations; -- commonly called general council.
2. National, composed of bishops of one nation only. 3. Provincial, in
which the bishops of only one province meet; -- called also
convocations. 4. Diocesan, a synod in which the bishop of the diocese
or his representative presides. Among Presbyterians, a synod is
composed of several adjoining presbyteries. The members are the
ministers and a ruling elder from each parish.