neuron
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neuron
- /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ Canada, US
- /ˈn(j)uɹɑn/ Canada, US
- /ˈn(j)ɝɑn/ Canada, US
- /ˈnjʊəɹɒn/ UK
Rhymes with -ʊəɹɒn, -uːɹɒn, -ɜːɹɒn
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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”), doublet of nerve and sinew. By surface analysis, neuro- + -on.
noun neurons · neura · neurone
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A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
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 or
Similar: neurocyte, nerve cell
- A nervure of an insect's wing.
- A mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network.
Similar: neuron
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nerve cell, glia, nerve, neural, schwann, brain cell, neurone, neurocyte, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, ganglion cell, dendrite, dendron, neurofiber, neurite, neurocytology
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noun a cell of the nervous system
| Español | neurona |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신경 세포 sin'gyeong sepo |
| 日本語 | 神経細胞 shinkei saibō |
| 中文 | 神經細胞 /神经细胞 shénjīng xìbāo, 神經元 /神经元 shénjīngyuán |
| हिन्दी | तंत्रिकोशिका tantrikośikā |
| Kiswahili | nyuroni |
| Français | neurone, cellule nerveuse |
| Deutsch | Neuron, Nervenzelle |
| Italiano | neurocito |
| Ελληνικά | νευρώνας nevrónas |
| Română | neuron |
| Русский | нейро́н nejrón, не́рвная кле́тка nérvnaja klétka |
| Tiếng Việt | tế bào thần kinh, nơ-ron |
| العربية | عَصْبُون ʕaṣbūn, خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة ḵaliyya ʕaṣabiyya |
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title = {neuron},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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