Axon Definition
ăksŏn
axons
noun
axons
That part of a nerve cell through which impulses travel away from the cell body.
Webster's New World
The usually long process of a nerve fiber that generally conducts impulses away from the body of the nerve cell.
American Heritage Medicine
(cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- axone
Other Word Forms of Axon
Noun
Singular:
axon
Plural:
axonsOrigin of Axon
From Ancient Greek ἄξων (axōn, “axis”).
From Wiktionary
Greek axōn axis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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