Category:Syncytium

Syn*cy"ti*um, n.; pl. Syncitia. Etym: [nl., from gr.

1. (biol.)

Defn: tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting And the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a Continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in Ordinary striped muscle.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: the ectoderm of a sponge.