A syncytium (; pl.: syncytia; from Greek: σύν syn "together" and κύτος kytos "box, i.e. cell") (also syncyitium) or symplasm is a multinucleate cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast to a coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accompanying cytokinesis.
A syncytium (; pl.: syncytia; from Greek: σύν syn "together" and κύτος kytos "box, i.e. cell") (also syncyitium) or symplasm is a multinucleate cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast to a coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accompanying cytokinesis.
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