See Also: terminal 1, adjective(dictionary)
Divine Providence Health Center Avera Health(health)
Hegg Memorial Health Center Avera Health(health)
Dells Area Health Center Avera Health(health)
terminal(dictionary)
Terminal value(money)
NH2-terminal(medicine)
Terminal(medicine)
terminal web(medicine)
Terminal value(finance)

Synapse (health) and terminal 1, adjective (oh)


Synapse (health)


A tiny gap between the ends of nerve fibers across which nerve impulses pass from one neuron to another; at the synapse, an impulse causes the release of a neurotransmitter, which diffuses across the gap and triggers an electrical impulse in the next neuron.







terminal 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: terminalis, from terminus; TERM1]
a terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death
::terminal cancer
(in) terminal decline
BrE in a state of becoming worse and worse and never getting better
::The once great industry is now in terminal decline.
-- terminally adv
::terminally ill patients