First Known Use: 1899
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noun syn·apse \ˈsi-ˌnaps, sə-ˈnaps\
biology : the place where a signal passes from one nerve cell to another
Full Definition of SYNAPSE
: the point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another
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Origin of SYNAPSE
New Latin synapsis, from Greek, juncture, from synaptein to fasten together, from syn- + haptein to fasten
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intransitive verb
syn·apsedsyn·aps·ing
Definition of SYNAPSE
1
: to form a synapse
2
: to come together in synapsis
First Known Use of SYNAPSE
1910
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synapse
noun syn·apse \ˈsi-ˌnaps\
Definition of SYNAPSE for Kids
: the point at which a nerve impulse passes from one nerve cell to another
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