syncytial

English

From syncyti(um) +‎ -al.

syncytial (comparative more syncytial, superlative most syncytial)

(biology) Of or pertaining to a syncytium.
- 1906, Robert T. Frank, Chorionepitheliomatous Proliferation in Teratomata, George H. Simmons (editor), Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 46, American Medical Association, page 254,
  The epithelium, however, in many regions has a more syncytial appearance due to loss of cell boundaries.
- 1986, Timothy H. Moss, Tumours of the Nervous System, Springer, page 85,
  In more syncytial areas, tumour cells have plump cell bodies and rounded nuclei, which may show deep invaginations.
- 2013, Nisheet Anant Agni, Rajiv Mukund Borle, Salivary Gland Pathologies, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, page 135,
  The cytoplasmic borders of intermediate cells are sometimes sharply demarcated, notably so in areas where cells are less cohesive; however, often the cells have a more syncytial arrangement in which individual borders can be appreciated only with difficulty.
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- 2018, Domenico A. Nesci, Revisiting Jonestown, Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington Books), page 57,
  It was a process that had begun in ancient times, with the institution of the sacred king/double of the people in a social body which was much more syncytial (and therefore more exposed to self-destruction) than the one represented by the consciousness of the Tudor age.

of or pertaining to a syncytium