Also known as: syn.
SYN has various meanings in the Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of SYN in Medical.
In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another cell (neural or otherwise). Santiago Ramón y Cajal proposed that neurons are not continuous throughout the body, yet still communicate with each other, an idea known as the neuron doctrine.
MedicalA syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms that are correlated with each other and, often, with a specific disease.
MedicalSynaptophysin, also known as the major synaptic vesicle protein p38, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SYP gene.
MedicalAn enzyme catalyzing a synthetic reaction in which two units are joined with the direct participation of ATP or another nucleoside triphosphate. Enzymes that catalyze candensation reactions using ATP or another nucleoside triphosphate as an energy source.
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