synaptic
adj/sɪˈnæp.tɪk/
Etymology From New Latin synapticus, from Ancient Greek συναπτικός (sunaptikós, “capable of adjusting”).
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Medicine, Physiology, Sciences Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.
- With a pencil, he highlights areas where synaptic function is declining, where the neurons are dying.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 6:
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Biology, Cytology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
- By far the greater proportion of cytologists however are of the opinion that the synaptic contraction is a normal stage in the heterotypic prophases.1913, Frederick McAllister, On the cytology and embryology of Smilacina racemosa:
- Derived terms
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asynaptic, dendritosynaptic, desynaptic, disynaptic, extrasynaptic, hemisynaptic, heterosynaptic, homosynaptic, immunosynaptic, intersynaptic, intrasynaptic, monosynaptic, multisynaptic, neurosynaptic, nonsynaptic, oligosynaptic, parasynaptic, perisynaptic, polysynaptic, postsynaptic, presynaptic, protosynaptic, subsynaptic, supersynaptic, synaptically, synaptic cleft, synaptic conduction, synaptic gap, synaptic plasticity, synaptic vesicle, synaptome, transsynaptic, trisynaptic, ultrasynaptic