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syncytium
n.
single cell or protoplasmic mass containing several nuclei (Biology)
Syncytium
A
syncytium or
symplasm (; plural
syncytia; from
Greek:
σύν (syn) = "together" +
κύτος (kytos) = "box, i.e. cell") is a
multinucleated cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast to a
coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accompanying
cytokinesis. The term may also refer to cells interconnected by specialized membrane with
gap junctions, as seen in the
heart muscle cells and certain smooth muscle cells, which are synchronized electrically in an action potential.
syncytium
Noun
1. a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
(hypernym) cytoplasm
syncytium
nm.
syncytium, single cell or protoplasmic mass containing several nuclei (Biology)
Syncytium
(n.)
Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.
(n.)
The ectoderm of a sponge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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