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A mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
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syncytium
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A syncytium or symplasm (; plural syncytia ; from Greek : σύν (syn) = "together" + κύτος (kytos) = "box, i.e. cell") is a multinucleated cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syncytium \Syn*cy"ti*um\, n.; pl. Syncitia . [NL., from Gr. ? together + ? a hollow vessel.] (Biol.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm ...
WordNet
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n. a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers) [also: syncytia (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context biology English) A mass of cytoplasm containing many nucleus. n. (context biology English) A mass of cytoplasm containing many nucleus.