syn|apse

syn|apse
syn|apse «sih NAPS, SIHN aps», noun, verb, -apsed, -aps|ing.
–n.
the place where a nerve impulse passes from one nerve cell to another. A synapse is between the axon of one nerve cell and the dendrite of the other. »

Changes at the synapse are thought to be involved in the learning process (S. A. Barnett).

–v.i.
to form a synapse: »

An inhibitory neuron acts to inhibit all cells with which any of its terminals synapse (Scientific American).

╂[< Greek sýnapsis conjunction < synáptein to clasp < syn- together + háptein to fasten]

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  • synapse — junction between two nerve cells, 1899, from Gk. synapsis conjunction, from synaptein to clasp, from syn together + haptein to fasten. Related to APSE (Cf. apse). Introduced by English physiologist Sir Michael Foster (1836 1907) at the suggestion …   Etymology dictionary

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