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’.