ephapse

ephapse

 [e-faps´]

a point of lateral contact (other than a synapse) between nerve fibers across which impulses are conducted directly through the nerve membranes. adj., adj ephap´tic.

e·phapse

(ē-faps'),

A place where two or more nerve cell processes (axons and dendrites) touch without forming a typical synaptic contact; some form of neural transmission may occur at such nonsynaptic contact sites.

[G. ephapsis, contact]

e·phapse

(ē'faps)

A place where two or more nerve cell processes (e.g., axons, dendrites) touch without forming a typical synaptic contact; some form of neural transmission may occur at such nonsynaptic contact sites.

[G. ephapsis, contact]