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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

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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