English Explanatory Dictionary

synaptic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.
  2. Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈnæp.tɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synaptic.wav

Word forms

synaptic

Etymology

From New Latin synapticus, from Ancient Greek συναπτικός (sunaptikós, “capable of adjusting”).

Derived words

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
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