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neuron
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun neuron has 1 sense
- neuron(n = noun.body) nerve cell - a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses; Array has particulars: gangliocyte, ganglion cell, brain cell, efferent neuron, motoneuron, motor nerve fiber, motor neuron, afferent neuron, sensory neuron
is a kind of somatic cell, vegetative cell
is a part of nervous system, systema nervosum
has parts: axon, axone, dendrite
Derived forms adjective neural2, adjective neuronal1, adjective neuronic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
neuron, n. [NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve.].
- The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon. B. G. Wilder. [1913 Webster]
- 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, thedendrites ; a nerve cell. The movement and behavior of higher animals depends on the signals tranmsitted by such nerve cells. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
neuron, n. (also neurone) a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve-cell.
Derivative
neuronal adj. neuronic adj.
Etymology
Gk neuron nerve
THESAURUS
neuron
afferent neuron, autonomic nervous system, axon, brain, central nervous system, cerebral cortex, craniosacral nervous system, dendrite, effector organ, efferent neuron, ganglion, gray matter, internuncial neuron, medullary sheath, nerve, nerve trunk, nervous system, peripheral nervous system, plexus, sensorium, sensory area, sensory cell, solar plexus, spinal cord, synapse, thoracolumbar nervous system, white matter
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