#fusion

• Swaying act — The act of swaying or becoming dazed and its result; the regional or archaic process of rocking, oscillating, or the state of wandering, confusion, and temporary loss of orientation or focus. As a verbal noun, it denotes the physical manifestation of balancing or the mental manifestation of bewilderment.
• Amalgamation — The act of amalgamating and its result; the chemical or metallurgical operation of forming an amalgam; (in economics) the process of merging, unifying, or consolidating two or more corporate entities into a single new legal body.
• Amentia — A severe form of acute mental confusion and psychic disorientation, characterized by the structural collapse of the consciousness synthesis function, total incoherence in thought, and the presence of chaotic fragmented hallucinations. From a clinical perspective, it is a serious syndrome triggered by exogenous or somatic factors, such as massive intoxications, severe febrile infections, or major brain traumas.
• Amentia — A form of acute and serious psychic disorder, defined by a profound state of mental confusion, absolute incoherence of ideas, disorganized psychomotor agitation, and total disorientation. From a structural clinical perspective, it represents an exogenous clinical syndrome induced by severe somatic conditions, systemic infections, or massive intoxications, often being reversible once the primary biological cause is removed.
• Amentive — Relating to amentia or specific to this state; characterized by an acute mental confusion syndrome, total incoherence of thought, profound psycho-behavioral disorientation, and the presence of dream-like or hallucinatory elements. In a structural clinical sense, it describes neuropsychic manifestations temporarily destabilized due to severe somatic aggressions, such as intense febrile states or exogenous intoxications.
• Make dizzy — To cause or suffer a temporary loss of physical balance and mental clarity, specific to vertigo or dazedness; to structurally disrupt sensory functions under the influence of a blow, severe fatigue, excessive heat, or the consumption of alcohol or toxic substances. In a figurative or colloquial sense, it means to bewilder someone with excessive talking, to mislead, or to become confused and absent-minded.
• Dizzy — Having the sensation of losing one's balance or of the head spinning, specific to vertigo or lightheadedness; temporarily structurally disturbed sensory-wise due to fever, a blow, extreme fatigue, or the consumption of alcohol or toxic substances. In a figurative, colloquial, or moral sense, it describes a confused, dazed, inattentive, or structurally clumsy person.
• Dizzy spell — A transient sensation of vertigo, lightheadedness, or loss of balance; a mild or brief manifestation of dizziness. In a figurative, familiar, or pejorative sense, it describes a scatterbrained, reckless, absent-minded, or flighty person who acts without structural clarity in thought.
• Amphicotyl — An anatomical formation or plant embryonic axis presenting a hybrid structure or a complete fusion of cotyledons, forming a tubular body around the central plumule; as an adjective, it describes a seed, embryo, or seedling affected by this type of structural layout, characterized by the coalescence of primary embryonic organs.
• Amphicotylism — A morphogenetic phenomenon or plant embryonic anomaly characterized by the total or partial structural fusion of the two cotyledons, resulting in a tubular or funnel-shaped structure that surrounds the central plumule. This anatomical modification, accidentally encountered in some dicotyledonous plants, is studied within plant teratology and seed ontogeny.
• Amphigamy — A mode of reproduction characteristic of cryptogamous plants, defined by the absence of obvious floral organs and the occurrence of fertilization through the union of simple gametes or hidden spores; also, in an extended biological sense, it can designate the symmetrical cellular fusion or direct hybridization between two genetic lines without macro-structural sexual differentiation.
• Amphigenesis — A biological process of generating or arising a new organism through true sexual reproduction, requiring the equal participation and structural fusion of male and female reproductive elements (gametes). This phenomenon represents the evolutionary foundation of most higher organisms, being the opposite of asexual reproduction or clonal parthenogenesis.
• Amphigony — A normal form of biparental sexual reproduction requiring the structural and functional fusion of two gametes of opposite sexes, male and female, leading to the formation of a diploid zygote. This fundamental biological process represents the evolutionary basis of genetic variability within higher organisms, being the opposite of parthenogenesis or clonal asexual reproduction.
• Amphimixis — A fundamental biological process of true sexual reproduction, consisting of the structural fusion of two gametes of opposite sexes (the male and female pronuclei), leading to the formation of a diploid zygote (fertilized egg). This mechanism forms the basis of Mendelian genetic recombination, ensuring the transmission of parental hereditary traits and genomic diversity within the species.
• Amphiplasm — A hybrid cytoplasmic formation or unified protoplasmic mass, structurally formed during the early stages of amphimixis through the complete merging of the cytoplasm of both gametes (male and female). This stage precedes the actual nuclear fusion (karyogamy) and ensures the rearrangement of cellular organelles inside the newly developing zygote.
• Amphitruo — The original Latin title of the famous comedy written by the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus in the 2nd century BC, a theatrical play of the 'fabula palliata' genre based on the Greek myth of Amphitryon. The work is historically recognized for introducing farce, identical doubles, and identity confusions generated by the intervention of the gods Jupiter and Mercury in mortal life.
• Ankyloblepharon — A rare ophthalmological condition, either congenital or acquired (following chemical burns, trauma, or severe inflammation), characterized by the partial or total fusion of the margins of the upper and lower eyelids along the palpebral fissure, leading to a narrowing of the eye opening or the complete inability to open the affected eye.
• Ankylocheilia — A rare congenital malformation or acquired scarring condition (following severe trauma, burns, or ulcerations), characterized by the partial or total fusion of the lips or by the abnormal adherence of the lips to the gums, causing severe limitation of the oral cavity opening and major difficulties in mastication, phonation, and hygiene.
• Ankylochely — A structural malformation or morphological feature specific to certain arthropods or mollusks, characterized by the fusion, ankylosis, or partial to total immobilization of the claws, chelicerae, or shell fold margins, preventing normal grasping movement or functional articulation of the appendages.
• Ankylodactyly — A rare congenital malformation or acquired condition (following severe trauma, burns, or destructive rheumatic processes), characterized by marked stiffness, total immobilization, or pathological fusion of the joints of one or more fingers or toes, leading to the loss of flexion and extension function.