POSTSYNAPTIC


Meaning of POSTSYNAPTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpōs(t)-sə-ˈnap-tik ]

adjective

Date: 1909

1. : occurring after synapsis

a postsynaptic chromosome

2. : of, occurring in, or being a nerve cell by which a wave of excitation is conveyed away from a synapse

a postsynaptic membrane

• post·syn·ap·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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