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synaptic, a. Cytology and Anat.|sɪˈnæptɪk|
[In form ad. Gr. συναπτικός connective, copulative; used as the adj. corresponding to synapsis.]
Pertaining to (a) synapsis. Hence syˈnaptically adv.
1895J. E. S. Moore in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXXVIII. 287, I therefore propose the term Synaptic phase to denote the period at which this most important change appears in the morphological character of reproductive cells. 1902A. Macalister in Encycl. Brit. XXV. 399/2 Connected synaptically with the neurones of other systems. 1913Dorland Med. Dict., Synapse, synapsis,..the contact..between dendrons... Called also synaptic junction. 1974D. & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. ix. 182 Each terminal bouton contains mitochondria and sub⁓microscopic, membrane-bound spheres called synaptic vesicles. 1976Smythies & Corbett Psychiatry iv. 42 When a nerve-impulse passes down an axon and reaches the terminal a chemical is released which crosses the synaptic cleft and causes depolarization of the next neurone. 1981Sci. Amer. Oct. 122/2 The active form of the transmitter molecule is stored in the sacs called synaptic vesicles until the nerve cell is called on to release it. |