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Webster 1913 Edition
Neuron
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Neu′ron
,Noun.
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)
- title of a peer reviewed journal established in 1988 by publisher Cell Press
neuron
neuron
See also: Neuron
English
Alternative forms
Noun
neuron (plural neurons or neura)
- (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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Translations
a cell of the nervous system
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Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneu̯ron/
Noun
neuron m
Declension
Declension of neuron
Synonyms
- nervová buňka
Danish
Noun
neuron c (singular definite neuronen, plural indefinite neuroner)
Declension
Inflection of neuron
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | neuron | neuronen | neuroner | neuronerne |
genitive | neurons | neuronens | neuroners | neuronernes |
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References
- “neuron” in Den Danske Ordbog
Polish
Noun
neuron m inan
Declension
declension of neuron