WordNet: synapse

the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters"

• hypernym colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction

• hyponym myoneural junction, neuromuscular junction

• part holonym nerve, nervus

synapse

• (englanti) synaptic (derivationally related)
• (suomi) synapsi (synonyymi)