Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syncytium

/sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: syn-cytium
IPA: /sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal skeletal muscle).

Example Sentences

"These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).

Inflected Forms

syncytia (plural) syncitium (alternative)

Derived Forms

syncytial syncytiosome syncytiotrophoblast

Synonyms

coenocyte

Questions

How do you pronounce syncytium?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/.
What does syncytium mean?: A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal skeletal muscle).
Where does syncytium come from?: From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).

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