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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SYNCYTIUM

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PRONUNCIATION OF SYNCYTIUM

syncytium  [sɪnˈsɪtɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYNCYTIUM

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determiner
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Syncytium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SYNCYTIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

syncytium

Syncytium

A syncytium (/sɪnˈsaɪtiəm/; plural syncytia; from Greek: σύν (syn) = "together" + κύτος (kytos) = "box, i.e. cell") is a multinucleate cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast to a coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accompanying cytokinesis. The term may also refer to cells that are interconnected by specialized membrane with gap junctions, as seen in the heart muscle cells and certain smooth muscle cells, which are synchronized electrically in an action potential. Another (correct and well-established) use of the word syncytium is found in animal embryology to refer to the coenocytic blastoderm embryos of invertebrates, such as Drosophila melanogaster.

Definition of syncytium in the English dictionary

The definition of syncytium in the dictionary is a mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei and enclosed in a cell membrane.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYNCYTIUM


Actium
ˈæktɪəm
Arretium
æˈriːtɪəm
Byzantium
bɪˈzæntɪəm
cerastium
seˈræstɪəm
consortium
kənˈsɔːtɪəm
cymatium
sɪˈmeɪtɪəm
darmstadtium
dɑːmˈstætɪəm
endosteum
ɛnˈdɒstɪəm
hospitium
hɒˈspɪtɪəm
ostium
ˈɒstɪəm
periosteum
ˌpɛrɪˈɒstɪəm
protium
ˈprəʊtɪəm
radiostrontium
ˌraɪdɪəʊˈstrɒntɪəm
satellitium
ˌsætəˈlɪtɪəm
sestertium
sɛˈstɜːtɪəm
spermatium
spɜːˈmeɪtɪəm
strontium
ˈstrɒntɪəm
tritium
ˈtrɪtɪəm
unnilpentium
ˌjuːnɪlˈpɛntɪəm
zoocytium
ˌzəʊəˈsaɪtɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYNCYTIUM

syncopal
syncopate
syncopated
syncopation
syncopative
syncopator
syncope
syncopic
syncoptic
syncretic
syncretisation
syncretise
syncretism
syncretist
syncretistic
syncretization
syncretize
syncytia
syncytial
synd

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYNCYTIUM

acaridomatium
acarodomatium
capillitium
domatium
jus gentium
Latium
lutetium
nasturtium
panaritium
pancratium
perichaetium
sclerotium
solatium
technetium
unnilseptium
Zeno of Citium

Synonyms and antonyms of syncytium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «syncytium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYNCYTIUM

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The translations of syncytium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «syncytium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

合胞体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sincitio
570 millions of speakers

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syncytium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

syncytium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مخلى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

синцитиально
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

syncytium
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

syncytium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

syncytium
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syncytium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Syncytium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

合胞体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

syncytium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Syncytium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hợp bào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

syncytium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिंटिकेटियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

s_nsıtyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sincizio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

syncytium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синцитіальних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

syncytium
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

syncytium
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

syncytium
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

syncytium
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

syncytium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of syncytium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYNCYTIUM»

The term «syncytium» is regularly used and occupies the 101.850 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYNCYTIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «syncytium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «syncytium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about syncytium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYNCYTIUM»

Discover the use of syncytium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to syncytium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pathology of the Human Placenta
Vacuolization of fibroblasts and syncytium Vacuolated syncytium, absent heparin -N-sulfatase in CVS Edema of villi Hofbauer cell vacuolization, hydrops Vacuolated syncytium and Hofbauer cells with amorphous and fibrillar material, ...
Kurt Benirschke, Graham J. Burton, Rebecca N Baergen, 2012
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Encyclopedia of Parasitology: A-M
Further equal and unequal divisions show a kind of spiral cleavage resulting in micromeres and macromeres. In a later stage, the central nuclear mass (inside the central syncytium) appears. However, there is no formation of a digestive tract at ...
Heinz Mehlhorn, 2008
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Human Implantation: Cell Biology and Immunology
Firstly, how does the blastocyst attach to the surface epithelium and are signals then transmitted to the trophectoderm to induce the formation of the primitive syncytium which will invade into the underlying stroma? Secondly, what are the ...
Y. W. Loke, 1995
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Genomics and Molecular Genetics of Plant-Nematode Interactions
After establishing direct contact with conductive elements, the syncytium spreads along the vascular elements in acro- and basipetal directions via incorporation of new cells derived from the procambium. The distal parts of the syncytium (most ...
John Jones, Godelieve Gheysen, Carmen Fenoll, 2011
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Glial Cells: Their Role in Behaviour
10.1, if glial cells constitute a syncytium that is electrotonically coupled, and one part of this syncytium is depolarised by a positive shift of the K+ equilibrium potential, these currents could spread to other parts of the syncytium and depolarise ...
Peter R. Laming, Eva Syková, 1998
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Cell Biology of Plant Nematode Parasitism
From the ISC the syncytium spreads to the vascular cylinder by forming cell-wall openings between cortical and endodermal cells. This part of the syncytium is called a “cortex bridge” (Sembdner 1963) and is present only in the region next to  ...
R. Howard Berg, Chris Taylor, 2008
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Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Plant-Nematode Interactions
Numerous small vacuoles sometimes containing osmiophilic substance emerge in different parts of protoplast of the active syncytium [14]. Movement of the vacuoles within the syncytium can be observed by means of video enhanced ...
Carmen Fenoll, Florian M. W. Grundler, Stephan A. Ohl, 1997
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Anti-AIDS Drug Development
In this regard, it is notable that in almost all cases, agents that inhibit viral binding also tend to be inhibitors of giant cell (syncytium) formation. This has now become an important aspect of the pathogenic process since it has been shown that ...
Prem Mohan, Baba Masanori, 1995
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Computational Neuroscience
000, BINOCULAR °°°l SYNCYTIUM MONOCULAR SYNCYTIUM Figure 14. Macrocircuit of monocular and binocular interactions within the boundary contour system (BCS) and the feature contour system (FCS). Left and right monocular ...
Eric L. Schwartz, 1993
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Autonomic Neuromuscular Transmission
APPENDIX Current spread in a syncytium The input impedance of a cell in a syncytium will be referred to as ZQ ; this is the impedance through which current flows when it is injected from a micro-electrode into a cell in the syncytium.
M. R. Bennett, 1972

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYNCYTIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term syncytium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Evidence for bystander signalling between human trophoblast cells …
In the first trimester the placenta barrier is thick, consisting of a layer of syncytiotrophoblast (a syncytium in contact with the maternal blood) that rests on a second ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Medina County sixth-grader advances in National Spelling Bee
Words that tripped up students included “guayabi,” “syncytium,” “myrmidon” and “colocynth.” The competition continues through Friday and is broadcast on ... «Medina County Gazette, May 15»
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Synaptic dysfunction, memory deficits and hippocampal atrophy due …
... by fission, enabling their removal from the mitochondrial network, fusion supports qualitative homogeneity of the syncytium through complementation. «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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“Digitizing” Heart Cell Crosstalk May Help Locate Dangerous Heart …
... the traditional concept of functional syncytium-sharing electrical information via gap junctions and can't predict altered entropy and information sharing during ... «Cardiovascular Disease News, Mar 15»
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Neuroscience: Where Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine Can …
What surpasses all understanding is how we think: how it all works together as a vast syncytium of wave energy, and results in consciousness. What is ... «Acupuncture Today, Feb 15»
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Timing of Galectin-1 Exposure Differentially Modulates Nipah Virus …
NiV-F mediates fusion of infected endothelial cells into syncytia, resulting in ... results in reduced production of progeny virus and syncytium formation. Thus ... «Journal of Virology, Feb 15»
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Seahorse Bio, Moffitt Cancer Center Nab SBIR Contract to Measure …
"This metabolic syncytium is necessary for cancers to thrive, and itself presents opportunities for novel therapies that could not be assessed in monoculture," he ... «GenomeWeb, Oct 14»
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A Study of Planarian Phototaxis, Tactile Response and Regeneration
... movement, and a ventrally-located mouth with a protrusible pharynx that brings algae, bacteria, and protozoans into a digestive syncytium (Rupert et al, 2004). «Student Pulse, Mar 14»
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Genome Digest
The team extracted DNA from R. filosa, which in culture grows as an acellular syncytium with thousands of nuclei, and sequenced it using Roche/454 and ... «Scientist, Jan 14»
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Guillet J, Hallier M, Felden B (2013). PLoS Pathog 9(12): e1003767 …
They report on some unique properties of the syncytium that forms the placental barrier, and on how those affect susceptibility to bacterial infection. «PLoS Blogs, Dec 13»

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