syncytium
/sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/
noun1
- A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal skeletal muscle).
- These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia. — 2015
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syncytia