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Syncytium
Pronunciation : Syn*cy"ti*um
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [NL., from Gr.
Definition : 1. (Biol.)
Defn: 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 in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.
2. (Zo?l.)
Defn: The ectoderm of a sponge.
pl. Syncitia.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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