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Definition of Syncitia
Syncitia Syncytium Syn*cy"ti*um, 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. (Zo["o]l.) The ectoderm of a sponge.