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"Nerve junction"

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪnæps/Part of speech nounSorted aenpssyStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington.

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