English noun: synapse | |||
1. | synapse (body) the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle | ||
Samples | Nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | myoneural junction, neuromuscular junction | ||
Part meronym | nerve, nervus | ||