a. Biol. & Anat. [In form ad. Gr. συναπτικός connective, copulative; used as the adj. corresponding to SYNAPSIS.] Perlaining to (a) synapsis. Hence Synaptically adv.
1902. A. Macalister, in Encycl. Brit., XXV. 399/2. Connected synaptically with the neurones of other systems.
1913. Dorland, Med. Dict., Synapse, synapsis,… the contact … between dendrons…. Called also synaptic junction.
