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syncytia

UK/sɪnˈsɪt.i.ə/US/sɪnˈsɪʃ.ə/

syncytia is the plural of syncytium.

Meaning of syncytium

Noun

syncytium (plural syncytia)

  1. A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal skeletal muscle).
    • These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia.2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    coenocyte

Forms of syncytia

alternative formsyncitia

Words that rhyme with syncytia

Questions about syncytia

What is syncytia the plural of?
Syncytia is the plural of syncytium.
How do you pronounce syncytia?
Syncytia is pronounced /sɪnˈsɪt.i.ə/ (UK).

Words near syncytia in the dictionary

  1. syncs
  2. syncs up
  3. synctiotrophoblast
  4. syncword
  5. syncwords
  6. syncytia
  7. syncytial
  8. syncytialisation
  9. syncytialised
  10. syncytiality
  11. syncytialization

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