- polysynaptic
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adjective
Date: 1964
involving two or more synapses in the central nervous system <polysynaptic reflexes> • polysynaptically adverb
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polysynaptic — Referring to neural pathways formed by a chain of a large number of synaptically connected nerve cells, as distinguished from oligosynaptic conduction systems. SYN: multisynaptic. * * * poly·syn·ap·tic .päl i sə nap tik adj involving two or more… … Medical dictionary
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polysynaptic — poly·synaptic … English syllables
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multisynaptic — SYN: polysynaptic. * * * mul·ti·syn·ap·tic sə nap tik adj relating to or consisting of more than one synapse <multisynaptic pathways in the central nervous system> * * * mul·ti·syn·ap·tic (mul″te sĭ napґtik) polysynaptic … Medical dictionary
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