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axon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun axon has 1 sense
- axon(n = noun.body) axone - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron; Array is a kind of nerve fiber, nerve fibre
is a part of nerve cell, neuron
has parts: nerve end, nerve ending
Derived form adjective axonal1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
axon, n. Anat. & Zool. a long threadlike part of a nerve cell, conducting impulses from the cell body.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk axon axis
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