Found 2 items, similar to syncytium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: syncytium syncytium n : a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers) [also: syncytia (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Syncytium Syncytium \Syn*cy"ti*um\, n.; pl. Syncitia. [NL., from Gr. ? together + ? a hollow vessel.] 1. (Biol.) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) The ectoderm of a sponge. [1913 Webster]