syncytium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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).

/sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/

syncytium syncytia syncitium

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).

coenocyte

syncytial syncytiosome syncytiotrophoblast

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