synapse

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnæps/, /ˈsaɪnæps/, /sɪˈnæps/

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• Rhymes: -æps

synapse (plural synapses)

1. The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

• synaptic

• axon
• dendrite
• ephapse

synapse (third-person singular simple present synapses, present participle synapsing, simple past and past participle synapsed)

1. (intransitive) To form a synapse.
2. (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪnapsɛ]

synapse f

1. synapse

[syˈnɑbsə]

synapse c (singular definite synapsen, plural indefinite synapser)

1. synapse

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”).

• IPA^(key): /si.naps/

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synapse f (plural synapses)

1. (neuroanatomy) synapse

• “synapse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.