Associations to the word «Synapse»

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Wiktionary

SYNAPSE, noun. (neuroanatomy) (cytology) The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.
SYNAPSE, verb. (intransitive) To form a synapse.
SYNAPSE, verb. (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.

Dictionary definition

SYNAPSE, noun. The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King