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Definition: Syncytium |
SyncytiumNoun1. A mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Syncytium \Syn*cy"ti*um\, noun; plural Syncitia. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression together hollow vessel.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A living nucleated tissue without apparent cellular structure ; a tissue composed of a mass of nucleated protoplasm without cell bundaries. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Syncytium |
| English words defined with "syncytium": Syncitia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "syncytium": Spumavirus. (references) |
| "Syncytium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Syncytium" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
syncytium | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "syncytium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 含胞". (various references) | |
Danish | syncytium (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), symplasma (symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
Dutch | syncytium (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), symplasma (symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
Finnish | synsytium (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), solusitkos (symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
French | syncytium (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), syncitium (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), symplaste (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), plasmode (symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
German | Synzytium (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), Syncytium (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), Symplasma (plasmodium, symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
Greek | συγκύτιο (symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
Italian | sincizio (symplasm, symplast, syncitium), simplasma (symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | yncytiumsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | plexo de Kaes (Kaes syncytium). (various references) | |
Spanish | sincitio (symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
Swedish | syncytium (symplasm, symplast, syncitium). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "syncytium" (pronounced 'Syn*cy"ti*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-m-n-s-t-u-y-y" | |
-3 letters: cumins, cutins, miscut, mucins, mutiny, mystic, tunics. | |
-4 letters: cumin, cutin, cutis, ictus, incus, mincy, mints, minty, minus, misty, mucin, munis, music, musty, nutsy, stimy, stymy, suint, tunic, tyiyn, units, unity. | |
-5 letters: cist, city, cuts, cyst, mint, mist, mity, muni, muns, must, muts, nims, nits, nuts, scum, scut, smit, smut, snit, stum, stun, suit. | |
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