synaptic cleft

noun

A small space, adjacent to a neuron, that receives neurotransmitter molecules from another neuron.

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Meanings

nounsynaptic cleft (plural synaptic clefts)

plural synaptic clefts

  1. biochemistryA small space, adjacent to a neuron, that receives neurotransmitter molecules from another neuron.
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