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syncytium formation

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"The formation of a syncytium, a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei enclosed within a single plasma membrane. Syncytia are normally derived from single cells that fuse or fail to complete cell division." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]

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GO:0006949
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