Usually means: Pairing of homologous chromosomes, meiosis.
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(Note: See synapses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (synapsis)

noun:  The association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
noun:  Alternative form of synapse [The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.]

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