eph|apse

eph|apse
eph|apse «ehf APS, EHF aps», noun.
Physiology. the place where two lateral axons (processes carrying impulses away) touch each other.
[< Greek ephapsis a touching < epháptein to touch < epi- upon + háptein to fasten]

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