Medical Definition of Asyndesis

1. 1. Rarely used term for a mental defect in which separate ideas or thoughts cannot be joined into a coherent concept. 2. A breaking up of the connecting links in language, said to be characteristic of the language disturbance of schizophrenics. Origin: G. A-priv. + syn, together, + desis, binding (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asyndesis

asymptotic
asymptotically
asynapses
asynapsis
asynchronies
asynchronism
asynchronisms
asynchronous
asynchronously
asynchronous operation
asynchronous pulse generator
asynchronous transfer mode
asynchrony
asynclitism
asynclitism
asyndesis (current term)
asyndeta
asyndetic
asyndetically
asyndeton
asyndetons
asynechia
asynergia
asynergia
asynergic
asynergic
asynergy
asynergy
asynesia
asystematic

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