axon
Noun

axon (plural axons)

  1. (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.
Translations
  • French: axone
  • German: Axon
  • Italian: assone
  • Portuguese: axónio (Portugal), axônio (Brazil)
  • Russian: аксо́н
  • Spanish: axón, cilindroeje, neurita



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