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Etymology
From New Latin synapticus, from Ancient Greek συναπτικός (sunaptikós, “capable of adjusting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪˈnæp.tɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æptɪk
Adjective
synaptic (not comparable)
- (physiology) Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.
- 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 6:
- With a pencil, he highlights areas where synaptic function is declining, where the neurons are dying.
- (cytology) Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
- 1913, Frederick McAllister, On the cytology and embryology of Smilacina racemosa:
- By far the greater proportion of cytologists however are of the opinion that the synaptic contraction is a normal stage in the heterotypic prophases.
Derived terms
- asynaptic
- dendritosynaptic
- desynaptic
- disynaptic
- extrasynaptic
- hemisynaptic
- heterosynaptic
- homosynaptic
- immunosynaptic
- intersynaptic
- intrasynaptic
- monosynaptic
- multisynaptic
- neurosynaptic
- nonsynaptic
- oligosynaptic
- parasynaptic
- perisynaptic
- polysynaptic
- postsynaptic
- presynaptic
- protosynaptic
- subsynaptic
- supersynaptic
- synaptically
- synaptic cleft
- synaptic conduction
- synaptic gap
- synaptic plasticity
- synaptic vesicle
- synaptome
- transsynaptic
- trisynaptic
- ultrasynaptic
Translations
junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell
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association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis
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Further reading
- “synaptic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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