syncytium
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).
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Noun[edit]
syncytium (plural syncytia)
- (biology) A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal skeletal muscle).
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a mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei
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Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
syncytium n
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Further reading[edit]
- syncytium in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
syncytium n (definite singular, indefinite plural, definite plural)
References[edit]
- “syncytium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
syncytium n
Declension[edit]
Declension of syncytium
singular | plural | |
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nominative | syncytium | syncytia |
genitive | syncytium | syncytiów |
dative | syncytium | syncytiom |
accusative | syncytium | syncytia |
instrumental | syncytium | syncytiami |
locative | syncytium | syncytiach |
vocative | syncytium | syncytia |
Further reading[edit]
- syncytium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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