syncitium

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syncitium

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Alternative forms

• syncytium

Etymology

From syn- (“together”) + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”). Compare -cyte (“cell”).

Noun

syncitium (plural syncitia)

1. (biology) A mass of cytoplasm that has many nuclei and an enclosing membrane but no individual cells