synaptically

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English synaptic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

Middle English -ally

English -ally

English synaptically

From synaptic + -ally.

Adverb

synaptically (not comparable)

1. (medicine, neurology) At or by means of a synapse

   In this slide you see a pair of synaptically connected neurons.

Derived terms

• heterosynaptically
• homosynaptically
• multisynaptically
• nonsynaptically
• parasynaptically
• perisynaptically

Related terms

• synaptic
• synapse