syncytium

English

Alternative forms

• syncitium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/

Noun

syncytium (plural syncytia)

1. (biology) 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).
   • 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].

Synonyms

• coenocyte

Derived terms

• syncytiosome

Translations

a mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei

• Norwegian Bokmål: syncytium

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪnt͡sɪtɪjum]

Noun

syncytium n

1. syncytium (a type of multinucleate cell)

   Synonym: soubuní

Declension

Declension of syncytium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	syncytium	syncytia
genitive	syncytia	syncytií
dative	syncytiu	syncytiím
accusative	syncytium	syncytia
vocative	syncytium	syncytia
locative	syncytiu	syncytiích
instrumental	syncytiem	syncytii

Further reading

• “syncytium”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

syncytium n (definite singular, indefinite plural, definite plural)

1. syncytium

References

• “syncytium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɘnˈt͡sɘ.tjum/

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• Rhymes: -ɘtjum
• Syllabification: syn‧cy‧tium

Noun

syncytium n

1. syncytium (type of multinucleate cell)

   Synonym: zespólnia

Declension

Declension of syncytium

	singular	plural
nominative	syncytium	syncytia
genitive	syncytium	syncytiów
dative	syncytium	syncytiom
accusative	syncytium	syncytia
instrumental	syncytium	syncytiami
locative	syncytium	syncytiach
vocative	syncytium	syncytia

Further reading

• syncytium in Polish dictionaries at PWN