Neuron Definition

no͝orŏn, nyo͝or-
neurons
noun
neurons
The structural and functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the nerve cell body and all its processes, including an axon and one or more dendrites.
Webster's New World
A similar impulse-conducting cell in invertebrates.
American Heritage Medicine
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pronoun

Title of a peer reviewed journal established in 1988 by publisher Cell Press.

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Other Word Forms of Neuron

Noun

Singular:
neuron
Plural:
neurons

Origin of Neuron

  • Greek sinew, string, nerve (s)neəu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neuron, “nerve").

    From Wiktionary

Neuron Sentence Examples

  • This gentle continuous activity of the neuron is called its tonus.

  • Among the properties of the neuron is conductivity in all directions.

  • Sleep is not exhaustion of the neuron in the sense that prolonged activity has reduced its excitability to zero.

  • A neuron is composed of a central cell body with branches, called dendrites.

  • The synapse, therefore, as the place of meeting of one neuron with the next is called, is said to valve the nerve circuits.

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