About The Word Syncytium
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Syncytium
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What's The Definition Of Syncytium?
[n] a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Syncytium: Related Terms | Find terms related to Syncytium: See Also | cytoplasm Syncytium In Webster's Dictionary \Syn*cy"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Syncitia}. [NL., from Gr. ?
together + ? a hollow vessel.]
1. (Biol.) 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The ectoderm of a sponge.
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