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Synapsed vs Synapsid - What's the difference?

synapsed | synapsid |

As a verb synapsed

is past tense of synapse.

As an adjective synapsid is

pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.

As a noun synapsid is

any animal (including all mammals) of the class Synapsida.

synapsed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (synapse)

    • Anagrams

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    synapse

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia synapse) (en noun)
  • (neuroanatomy, cytology) The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

    • Related terms

    * synaptic * ephapse

    See also

    * axon * dendrite

    Verb

  • To form a synapse.
  • To undergo synapsis.
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    synapsid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2000, p. 26:
  • *:We are synapsid tetrapods, a group of reptiles that almost went extinct 200 million years ago in competition with the better-designed dinosaurs.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any animal (including all mammals) of the class Synapsida.