| NOUN | body | synapse | the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle |
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| Sounds | sih'aeps | |
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| Rhymes | collapse ... taps: 11 rhymes with aeps... | |
| Meaning | The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle. | |
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| Example | "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters" | |
| Part of | nerve, nervus | Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body |
| Narrower | neuromuscular junction, myoneural junction | The junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies |
| Broader | junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation | The state of being joined together |
| Spanish | sinapsis | |
| Catalan | sinapsi, sinapsis | |
| Adjectives | synaptic | (neuroscience) of or involving synapses |
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