Usually means: Connection site between two neurons.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. synapse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. synapse: Merriam-Webster
  3. synapse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. synapse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. synapse: Collins English Dictionary
  6. synapse: Vocabulary.com
  7. Synapse, synapse: Wordnik
  8. synapse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. synapse: Wiktionary
  10. synapse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. synapse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. synapse: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. synapse: Dictionary.com
  14. synapse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. SyNAPSE, Synapse (Emily Guerrero), Synapse (comics), Synapse (disambiguation), Synapse (film), Synapse (software), Synapse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. synapse: Rhymezone
  17. synapse: FreeDictionary.org
  18. synapse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. synapse: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. synapse: Encyclopedia

Medicine (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. synapse: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Synapse: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. synapse: Natural Health glossary
  5. Synapse: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  9. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  10. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  11. synapse: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  12. synapse: Medical Etymology Anatomy
  13. synapse: Medical dictionary
  14. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
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  16. Synapse: Drug Medical Dictionary
  17. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SYNAPSE: Acronym Finder
  2. synapse: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  3. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.
verb:  (intransitive) To form a synapse.
verb:  (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.

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