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Definition of: syncytium
(sin·sit′ē·əm, -sish′əm) noun plural ·cyt·i·a (-sit′ē·ə, -sish′ə) Biol.
1. A multinucleate cell, or a mass of non–cellular, undifferentiated protoplasm.
2. Plasmodium. [<NL <Gk. syn- together + kytos a hollow]
—syn·cyt′i·al adjective
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