synapse

See also Synapse

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύναψις (sunapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunaptō, “to clasp”).

Noun

Wikipedia synapse (plural synapses)

1. (neuroanatomy, cytology) The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

Related terms

• synaptic
• ephapse

Translations

junction between neurons

Catalan: sinapsi (ca) f. Croatian: sinapsa (hr) f. Czech: synapse (cs) f. Dutch: synaps (nl) m. Finnish: synapsi (fi) French: synapse (fr) f. German: Synapse (de) f.

Greek: σύναψη (el) (sýnapsi) f. Japanese: シナプス (ja) (shinapusu) Russian: синапс (ru) m. Spanish: sinapsis (es) f. Swedish: synaps (sv) c. Turkish: sinaps (tr)

See also

• axon
• dendrite

Verb

synapse (third-person singular simple present synapses, present participle synapsing, simple past and past participle synapsed)

1. (intransitive) To form a synapse.
2. (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.

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Czech

Noun

synapse f.

1. synapse

Related terms

• synaptický

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French

Noun

synapse f. (plural synapses)

1. (neuroanatomy, cytology) synapse