VividLex

Home / Dictionary / syncytium

syncytium

6 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

  1. 1. n. Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The ectoderm of a sponge. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers) Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. (Biol.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle. 2. (Zoöl.) The ectoderm of a sponge. Source: webster
  5. 5. Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wantingand the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of acontinuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as inordinary striped muscle. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers) Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

Open full thesaurus page for syncytium · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Search dictionary Related words Home
syncs
syndactyl