syncytium

noun

a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)

Roots

synsyn- · Greek · together kytoscyt- · Greek · hollow vessel/cell ion-ium · Greek · diminutive/thing

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