HyperDic: syncytium

English > 1 sense of the word syncytium:
NOUNbodysyncytiuma mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
English > syncytium: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers).
Broadercytoplasm, cytolThe protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus
Spanishsincitio
Catalansincitio

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