Syncytium

[sin'siʃiәm]

Definition

(noun.) a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers).

Edited by Francine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The ectoderm of a sponge.

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