synapse
noun /ˈsaɪnæps/,  /ˈsɪnæps/
  /ˈsaɪnæps/,  /ˈsɪnæps/
(biology)- a connection between two nerve cells
- Information from one neuron flows to another neuron across a synapse.
 
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Greek sunapsis, from sun- ‘together’ + hapsis ‘joining’, from haptein ‘to join’.