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(), n.; pl. Syncitia (). [NL., from Gr. together + a hollow vessel.] 1. (Biol.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle. 2. (Zol.) The ectoderm of a sponge. スポンサード リンク
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