syncytium
noun/sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/
Etymology From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).
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Biology, Natural sciences 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).
- These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia.2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- Synonyms
- coenocyte
- Derived terms
- syncytial, syncytiosome, syncytiotrophoblast