Neuron

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of the impulse-conducting cells that constitute the brain, spinal column, and nerves, consisting of a nucleated cell body with one or more dendrites and a single axon. Also called nerve cell.
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  • n. A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon.
  • n. The characteristic specialized cell that is part of the nervous system, serving to conduct electrical impulses to and from the brain, and also between other parts of the body, and composed of a main cell body, the axon, with a varying number of processes of varying length, the dendrites; a nerve cell. The movement and behavior of higher animals depends on the signals tranmsitted by such nerve cells.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The cerebrospinal axis in its entirety; the whole of the encephalon and myelon, or brain and spinal cord, considered as one.
  • n. In entomology, a nervure of an insect's wing; a vein or costa.
  • n. Same as neurone.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vegetative cell    somatic cell   
    Cross Reference
    neurode    neura   
    Form
    neuroscience    neuralgia    neuritis    neurology    neural   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    myelencephalon    neurocyte    nerve cell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    interneuron    synapses    arteriole    neural    synapse   
     
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