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Axon
axon
axon
English
Alternative forms
Noun
axon (plural axons)
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
a nerve fibre
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See also
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒkson]
- Hyphenation: axon
Noun
axon (plural axonok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | axon | axonok |
| accusative | axont | axonokat |
| dative | axonnak | axonoknak |
| instrumental | axonnal | axonokkal |
| causal-final | axonért | axonokért |
| translative | axonná | axonokká |
| terminative | axonig | axonokig |
| essive-formal | axonként | axonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | axonban | axonokban |
| superessive | axonon | axonokon |
| adessive | axonnál | axonoknál |
| illative | axonba | axonokba |
| sublative | axonra | axonokra |
| allative | axonhoz | axonokhoz |
| elative | axonból | axonokból |
| delative | axonról | axonokról |
| ablative | axontól | axonoktól |
| Possessive forms of axon | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | axonom | axonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | axonod | axonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | axonja | axonjai |
| 1st person plural | axonunk | axonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | axonotok | axonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | axonjuk | axonjaik |
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈak.son/, [ˈak.sõ]
Noun
axon m (genitive axonis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | axon | axonēs |
| genitive | axonis | axonum |
| dative | axonī | axonibus |
| accusative | axonem | axonēs |
| ablative | axone | axonibus |
| vocative | axon | axonēs |
References
- axon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “axon”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- axon in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly