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synapseSynapse (ger.)

  • The junction, or structure at the junction, between two neurons or nerve-cells. (OED)
    sensibility
    1897
    synapsis [...] a special connection of one nerve-cell with another
    Foster, M. & Sherrington, C.S. (1897). A Textbook of Physiology, part 3. The Central Nervous System (7th ed.): 929; cf. McHenry Jr., L.C. (1969). Garrison’s History of Neurology: 205.