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Noun Concept
Categories: Cell biology, Histology
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syncytium  symplasm  syncitia  syncitial  syncitial tissue
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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) WordNet 3.0
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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) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A syncytium or symplasm is a multinucleate cell which can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells, in contrast to a coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accompanying cytokinesis. Wikipedia
Multinucleate cell formed from fusion of multiple cells Wikidata
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cytoplasm
cell type
cell
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Polish Encyclopedias
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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syncytium
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Symplasm, syncitia, syncitial, syncitial tissue, syncitium, syncytia, syncytial, Syntitium
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symplasm

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