syncytia in English

noun
1
a single cell or cytoplasmic mass containing several nuclei, formed by fusion of cells or by division of nuclei.
The maze experiments used the plasmodium phase of the mould, a multi-nucleate single cell, or syncytium .

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1. When archenteron complexes (Archenterons and varying portions of the extracellular matrix {ecm} surrounding them) are isolated from starfish embryos and inoculated in sea water containing 4% newborn bovine serum, the mesenchyme cells form large syncytia on the substratum underneath each archenteron.