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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
synapse /ˈsʌɪnaps, ˈsɪn-/

▶noun a gap between two nerve cells, across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.

– derivatives
synaptic adjective,
synaptically adverb.

– origin C19: from Gk sunapsis, from sun- ‘together’ + hapsis ‘joining’, from haptein ‘to join’.

'synapse' also found in these Oxford entries:

bouton - monosynaptic - presynaptic

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