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IN an otherwise excellent review by Lovern1 a statement occurs on p. 32 that demands correction. In discussing the terminology of lipoid-protein complexes, Lovern rejects Macheboeuf's term 'cénapse', in favour of 'complex', claiming that the English spelling of 'cénapse' is 'synapse', to which anatomy has a prior claim.
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Lovern, J. A., D.S.I.R. Food Invest. Spec. Rep. No. 52. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1942.)
Macheboeuf, M., "Etat des lipides dans la matière vivante. Les cénapses et leurimportance biologique" . "Actualités scientiflques et industrielles", No. 448. (Paris: Hermann et Cie, 1937.)
McFarlane, A. S., Nature, 149, 439 (1942).
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TURNER, A. Terminology of Lipoid-Protein Complexes. Nature 154, 362–363 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154362b0
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