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synapse
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synapse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun synapse has 1 sense
- synapse(n = noun.body) Array - the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters" has particulars: myoneural junction, neuromuscular junction
is a part of nerve, nervus
is a kind of colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction
Derived form adjective synaptic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
synapse, n. Anat. a junction of two nerve-cells.
Etymology
Gk synapsis (as SYN-, hapsis f. hapto join)
THESAURUS
synapse
afferent neuron, autonomic nervous system, axon, brain, central nervous system, cerebral cortex, craniosacral nervous system, dendrite, effector organ, efferent neuron, ganglion, gray matter, internuncial neuron, medullary sheath, nerve, nerve trunk, nervous system, neuron, peripheral nervous system, plexus, sensorium, sensory area, sensory cell, solar plexus, spinal cord, thoracolumbar nervous system, white matter
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