"synapse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪnæps/, /ˈsaɪnæps/, /sɪˈnæps/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synapse.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synapse2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synapse3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: synapses [plural]
Rhymes: -æps Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{lbor|en|grc|σύναψις||conjunction}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Categories (topical): Body parts Related terms: synaptic, axon, dendrite, ephapse Translations (junction between neurons): مشبك [masculine] (Arabic), синапс (sinaps) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sinapsi [feminine] (Catalan), 突觸 (Chinese Mandarin), 突触 (tūchù) (Chinese Mandarin), synapse [feminine] (Czech), synapse [common-gender] (Danish), synaps [masculine] (Dutch), synapsi (Finnish), hermoliitos (Finnish), synapse [feminine] (French), Synapse [feminine] (German), σύναψη (sýnapsi) [feminine] (Greek), סינפסה (sinapsa) [feminine] (Hebrew), מִסְנָף (misnaf) [masculine] (Hebrew), מצמד (mitsmād) [masculine] (Hebrew), sinapsi [feminine] (Italian), シナプス (shinapusu) (Japanese), gehînkeya demarî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), سیناپس (sinâps) (Persian), همایه (hamâye) (Persian), synapsa [feminine] (Polish), sinapse [feminine] (Portuguese), си́напс (sínaps) [masculine] (Russian), sinapsa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), synapsia (Slovak), sinapsis [feminine] (Spanish), synaps [common-gender] (Swedish), sinaps (Turkish), си́напс (sýnaps) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xináp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-synapse-en-noun-nxlbZaaC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 6 10 Derived forms: antisynapse, chemosynapse, glycosynapse, hemisynapse, immunosynapse, monosynapse, multisynapse, neosynapse, neurosynapse, postsynapse, presynapse, protosynapse, supersynapse, synapsin, unsynapsed

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪnæps/, /ˈsaɪnæps/, /sɪˈnæps/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synapse.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synapse2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synapse3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: synapses [present, singular, third-person], synapsing [participle, present], synapsed [participle, past], synapsed [past]
Rhymes: -æps Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{lbor|en|grc|σύναψις||conjunction}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} synapse (third-person singular simple present synapses, present participle synapsing, simple past and past participle synapsed)
  1. (intransitive) To form a synapse. Tags: intransitive Translations (forming a synapse): átkapcsolódik (Hungarian), átkapcsol (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-synapse-en-verb-9c5mDl9C Disambiguation of 'forming a synapse': 89 11
  2. (intransitive) To undergo synapsis. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-synapse-en-verb-cObRKN1q

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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "junction between neurons",
      "word": "突觸"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "junction between neurons",
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      ],
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "junction between neurons",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "junction between neurons",
      "word": "シナプス"
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      "sense": "junction between neurons",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "junction between neurons",
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      "sense": "junction between neurons",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "junction between neurons",
      "word": "xináp"
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