Usually means: Involves multiple synapses between neurons.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysynaptic: Merriam-Webster
  2. polysynaptic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. polysynaptic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. polysynaptic: Wiktionary
  5. polysynaptic: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. polysynaptic: Dictionary.com
  7. Polysynaptic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. polysynaptic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysynaptic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. polysynaptic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (of a reflex or impulse) of or involving multiple synapses

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polysynaptical, multisynaptic, multisynapse, trisynaptic, multiaxonal, multireceptive, multisyndromic, polysyndromic, multifibrillar, multisignal, more...

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monosynaptic, disynaptic, trisynaptic, tetrasynaptic, pentasynaptic, hexasynaptic, more...

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polysynaptical, multisynaptic, multisynapse, trisynaptic, multiaxonal, multireceptive, multisyndromic, polysyndromic, multifibrillar, multisignal, more...

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monosynaptic, disynaptic, trisynaptic, tetrasynaptic, pentasynaptic, hexasynaptic, more...



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