Definitions
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- noun biology A mass of
cytoplasm that has manynuclei and an enclosingmembrane but no individualcells
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek syn- (“together”) + κύτος (kutos, “vessel, cell”). Compare -cyte ("cell").
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"So when are you going to join the syncitium?" she asks.
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