synapse

See also: Synapse

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnæps/, /ˈsaɪnæps/, /sɪˈnæps/

Noun

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

• Arabic: مشبك‏‎ m
• Catalan: sinapsi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突觸 (zh), 突触 (zh) (tūchù)

• Czech: synapse f
• Danish: synapse c
• Dutch: synaps (nl) m
• Finnish: synapsi (fi)
• French: synapse (fr) f
• German: Synapse (de) f
• Greek: σύναψη (el) f (sýnapsi)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: sinapsi (it) f
• Japanese: シナプス (shinapusu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: sinapse (pt) f
• Russian: си́напс (ru) m (sínaps)
• Serbo-Croatian: sinapsa (sh) f
• Slovak: synapsia
• Spanish: sinapsis (es) f
• Swedish: synaps (sv) c
• Turkish: sinaps
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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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Danish

Noun

synapse c (singular definite synapsen, plural indefinite synapser)

1. (neurology) synapse

Declension

Declension of synapse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	synapse	synapsen	synapser	synapserne
genitive	synapses	synapsens	synapsers	synapsernes

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French

Noun

synapse f (plural synapses)

1. (neuroanatomy, cytology) synapse

Further reading

• “synapse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).