Definition of Syncytium

1. Noun. A mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers).

Generic synonyms: Cytol, Cytoplasm

Definition of Syncytium

1. 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.

Definition of Syncytium

1. a mass of protoplasm resulting from cell fusion [n -TIA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syncytium

syncretises
syncretising
syncretism
syncretisms
syncretist
syncretistic
syncretistical
syncretists
syncretize
syncretized
syncretizes
syncretizing
syncs
syncytia
syncytial
syncytium (current term)
synd
syndactyl
syndactylies
syndactylism
syndactylisms
syndactyls
syndactyly
synded
syndeses
syndesis
syndesises
syndesmoses
syndesmosis
syndet

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