σύντρησις

A. connexion by a passage or channel, ἡ ἐκ τῶν μυκτήρων ς. εἰς τὸ στόμα Arist. HA 495a25, cf. 507b27, Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.23.59,76, Gal. 16.527; ἡ καρδία τὴν ς. ἔχει πρὸς τὸν πλεύμονα Arist. Resp. 478a26; junction of bore-holes, Apollod. Poliorc. 151.7.