With a pencil, he highlights areas where synaptic function is declining, where the neurons are dying.
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Synaptic
//sɪˈnæp.tɪk//
Synonyms for "synaptic" (1 found)
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14 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- sinàptic adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
Czech
1 entries- synaptický adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
Finnish
2 entries- synaptinen adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
- synaptinen adj (association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis)
French
1 entries- synaptique adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
German
1 entries- synaptische adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
Greek
2 entries- συναπτικός adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
- συναπτικός adj (association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis)
Italian
1 entries- sinaptico adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
Polish
2 entries- synaptyczny adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
- synaptyczny adj (association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis)
Portuguese
1 entries- sináptico adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
Russian
1 entries- синаптический adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
Spanish
1 entries- sináptico adj (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)
Sample sentences
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By far the greater proportion of cytologists however are of the opinion that the synaptic contraction is a normal stage in the heterotypic prophases.
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