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English noun: synapse

1. synapse (body) the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle


SamplesNerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters.


Broader (hypernym)colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction


Narrower (hyponym)myoneural junction, neuromuscular junction


Part meronymnerve, nervus









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