synaptic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /sɪˈnæp.tɪk/
Etymology
From New Latin synapticus, from Ancient Greek συναπτικός (sunaptikós, “capable of adjusting”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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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(not-comparable) 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:
Deriveds
supersynaptic · dendritosynaptic · intrasynaptic · nonsynaptic · postsynaptic · homosynaptic · neurosynaptic · protosynaptic · synaptic gap · polysynaptic · desynaptic · asynaptic · subsynaptic · intersynaptic · synaptically · perisynaptic · monosynaptic · trisynaptic · transsynaptic · synaptic cleft · parasynaptic · disynaptic · synaptome · synaptic conduction · oligosynaptic · synaptic vesicle · ultrasynaptic · multisynaptic · immunosynaptic · hemisynaptic · extrasynaptic · heterosynaptic · presynaptic · synaptic plasticity
Translations (14)
pl synaptyczny (association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis) · cs synaptický (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · fr synaptique (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · fi synaptinen (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · ru синаптический (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · el συναπτικός (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · el συναπτικός (association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis) · de synaptisch (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · es sináptico (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · pt sináptico (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · it sinaptico (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · fi synaptinen (association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis) · pl synaptyczny (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) · ca sinàptic (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell)