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syncytium /syn·cy·ti·um/ (sin-sish´e-um) a multinucleate mass of protoplasm produced by the merging of cells.
syn·cy·ti·um (sn-ssh-m)
n. pl. syn·cy·ti·a (-ssh-)
A mass of cytoplasm having many nuclei but no internal cell boundaries.
syn·cyti·al adj.
syncytium
[sinsit′ē·əm] pl. syncytia
Etymology: Gk, syn + kytos, cell
a group of cells in which the cytoplasm of one cell is continuous with that of adjoining cells, resulting in a multinucleate unit. syncytial, adj.
syncytium [sin-sish´e-um]
a multinucleate mass of protoplasm produced by the merging of cells. adj., adj syncyt´ial.
syncytium
a multinucleate cellular mass produced by the fusing of cells.
syncytium-forming virus
members of the family Retroviridae, genus Spumavirus. The best known of these viruses are found in cats and cattle. It should be noted, however, that viruses of several families, including herpesviruses, paramyxoviruses, coronaviruses and retroviruses, produce syncytia.
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