synaptically

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Etymology

Etymology tree
English synaptic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālislbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English synaptically

    From synaptic + -ally.

    Adverb

    synaptically (not comparable)

    1. (medicine, neurology) At or by means of a synapse.
      In this slide you see a pair of synaptically connected neurons.

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