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Complete Definition of "axon"

English

Alternative spellings
axone

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.

Derived terms
axonal

Translations

Finnish: aksoni, viejähaarake
mid
French: axone

See also
dendrite
neuron
synapse

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