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Syncytium vs Syncytial - What's the difference?

syncytium | syncytial |

In biology terms the difference between syncytium and syncytial

is that syncytium is a mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei while syncytial is of or pertaining to a syncytium.

As a noun syncytium

is a mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei.

As an adjective syncytial is

of or pertaining to a syncytium.

syncytium

English

(wikipedia syncytium)

Alternative forms

* syncitium

Noun

(syncytia)
  • (biology) A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei.

    • Synonyms

    * coenocyte

    syncytial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Of or pertaining to a syncytium.