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Neuron

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Neu′ron

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Noun.
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pl.
Neura
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[NL., from Gr.
νεῦρον
nerve.]
(Anat.)
1.
The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon.
[obsolete]
B. G. Wilder.

Definition 2024

Neuron

Neuron

See also: neuron

English

Proper noun

Neuron ‎(uncountable)

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

German

Noun

Neuron n ‎(genitive Neurons, plural Neuronen)

  1. (cytology) neuron

Synonyms

neuron

neuron

See also: Neuron

English

Neurons

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Noun

neuron ‎(plural neurons or neura)

  1. (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
    • 2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
      The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.

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Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek νεῦρον ‎(neûron, “nerve”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneu̯ron/

Noun

neuron m

  1. (cytology) neuron

Declension

Synonyms

  • nervová buňka

Danish

Noun

neuron c (singular definite neuronen, plural indefinite neuroner)

  1. (cytology) neuron

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Dutch

Noun

neuron n ‎(plural neuronen or neurons)

  1. neuron

Polish

Noun

neuron m inan

  1. neuron

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neǔroːn/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧u‧ron

Noun

neùrōn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling неу̀ро̄н)

  1. neuron

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Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον ‎(neûron, “nerve”).

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