Syncytium

//sɪnˈsɪʃiəm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal skeletal muscle).

    "These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia."

  2. 2
    a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers) wordnet

Synonyms

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cellcoenocytecoenocytecytoplasmectoplasmgerm cell

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"These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).

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