different between synapse vs monosynaptic
synapse
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from ??????? (sunápt?, “to clasp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?næps/, /?sa?næps/, /s??næps/
- Rhymes: -æps
Noun
synapse (plural synapses)
- The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.
Related terms
- synaptic
- ephapse
Translations
See also
- axon
- dendrite
Verb
synapse (third-person singular simple present synapses, present participle synapsing, simple past and past participle synapsed)
- (intransitive) To form a synapse.
- (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?naps?]
Noun
synapse f
- synapse
Related terms
- synaptický
Danish
Noun
synapse c (singular definite synapsen, plural indefinite synapser)
- synapse
Declension
French
Pronunciation
Noun
synapse f (plural synapses)
- synapse
Further reading
- “synapse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
synapse From the web:
- what synapses in the geniculate ganglion
- what synapses do
- what synapse dominates the nervous system
- what synapses at the dorsal root ganglion
- what synapse uses neurotransmitters
- what's synapse x
- what synapses in the ciliary ganglion
- what synapse mean
monosynaptic
English
Etymology
mono- +? synaptic
Adjective
monosynaptic (not comparable)
- Having, or involving a single synapse
- (derogatory) Stupid, lacking in brainpower
Related terms
- monosynapse
monosynaptic From the web:
- what monosynaptic reflex arc
- what's monosynaptic reflex
- what does monosynaptic mean
- what are monosynaptic and polysynaptic reflexes
- what is monosynaptic stretch reflex
- what does monosynaptic reflexes mean
- what does monosynaptic reflex do
- what is monosynaptic stretch reflex circuit
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