Synonyms for "synapse" (29 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

afferent neuronautonomic nervous systemaxonbraincentral nervous systemcerebral cortex

Strong matches (9)

contiguitycraniosacral nervous systemdendriteeffector organefferent neurongangliongray matterinternuncial neuron

Noun(1 words)

contiguity

Related words (14)

medullary sheathnervenerve trunknervous systemneuronperipheral nervous systemplexussensoriumsensory areasensory cellsolar plexusspinal cordthoracolumbar nervous systemwhite matter

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

colligationconjugationconjunctionjunction

Related terms

4 entries

axondendriteephapsesynaptic

derived

15 entries

antisynapsechemosynapseglycosynapsehemisynapseimmunosynapsemonosynapsemultisynapseneosynapseneurosynapsepostsynapsepresynapseprotosynapsesupersynapsesynapsinunsynapsed

has context

2 entries

cytologyneuroanatomy

is a

1 entries

junction

part of

2 entries

brainnerve

related to

13 entries

axoncelldendriteephapseformglandjunctionmusclenerve impulseneuronsynapsissynapticterminal

Translations

38 translations across 30 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

• مشبك noun (junction between neurons)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• синапс noun (junction between neurons)

Catalan

1 entries

• sinapsi noun (junction between neurons)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 突觸 /突触 noun (junction between neurons)

Czech

1 entries

• synapse noun (junction between neurons)

Danish

1 entries

• synapse noun (junction between neurons)

Dutch

1 entries

• synaps noun (junction between neurons)

Finnish

2 entries

• hermoliitos noun (junction between neurons)
• synapsi noun (junction between neurons)

French

1 entries

• synapse noun (junction between neurons)

German

1 entries

• Synapse noun (junction between neurons)

Greek

1 entries

• σύναψη noun (junction between neurons)

Hebrew

3 entries

• מִסְנָף noun (junction between neurons)
• מצמד noun (junction between neurons)
• סינפסה noun (junction between neurons)

Hungarian

3 entries

• átkapcsol verb (forming a synapse)
• átkapcsolódik verb (forming a synapse)
• átkapcsolódik verb (forming a synapse)

Indonesian

1 entries

• sinapsis noun (junction between neurons)

Italian

1 entries

• sinapsi noun (junction between neurons)

Japanese

1 entries

• シナプス noun (junction between neurons)

Malay

1 entries

• sinaps noun (junction between neurons)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

• gehînkeya demarî noun (junction between neurons)

Persian

2 entries

• سیناپس noun (junction between neurons)
• همایه noun (junction between neurons)

Polish

3 entries

• synapsa noun (junction between neurons)
• stworzyć synapsę verb (forming a synapse)
• tworzyć synapsę verb (forming a synapse)

Portuguese

1 entries

• sinapse noun (junction between neurons)

Romanian

1 entries

• sinapsă noun (junction between neurons)

Russian

1 entries

• си́напс noun (junction between neurons)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

• sinapsa noun (junction between neurons)

Slovak

1 entries

• synapsia noun (junction between neurons)

Spanish

1 entries

• sinapsis noun (junction between neurons)

Swedish

1 entries

• synaps noun (junction between neurons)

Turkish

1 entries

• sinaps noun (junction between neurons)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• си́напс noun (junction between neurons)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• xináp noun (junction between neurons)

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