Etymology

syncytium

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Today it means: 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). Full definition →

Ancient Greek σύν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύν“with”
  2. English todaysyncytium

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσύν all →

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