MEANING
Relating to the junctions through which nerve cells communicate with other cells.
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- synaptic transmission
- synaptic connection
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The treatment altered synaptic transmission in the sample.
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- synaptic
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.
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