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Meaning
noun the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
originLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington.
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