n, pl  -tia   1  :  a multinucleate mass of protoplasm (as in the plasmodium of a slime mold) resulting from fusion of cells  2  :  COENOCYTE 1 .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  si·nus·ot·o·my 
 
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