syncytium

English - Turkish

Definition of syncytium in English Turkish dictionary: sinsityum; (Tıp) Çok nüveli büyük hücre; (Tıp) Epitel hücrelerinden oluşmuş plasentanın en dış fetüs tabakası
syncytial: (Tıp) Sinsityum'la ilgili
syncytial: (Tıp) Sinsityum niteliğinde, sinsityum özelliği gösteren

English - English

Definition of syncytium in English English dictionary: A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers); 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; {i} single cell or protoplasmic mass containing several nuclei (Biology); The ectoderm of a sponge
syncytial: {s} of or pertaining to a syncytium, of or pertaining to a single cell or protoplasmic mass containing several nuclei (Biology)

syncytium

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syn·cyt·i·um

() From Ancient Greek σύν (sun, “with”) + κύτος (kutos, “vessel, cell”)

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