AXON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does axon mean? • AXON (noun)
The noun AXON has 1 sense:
1. long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Familiarity information: AXON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AXON (noun)
Meaning:
Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
axon; axone
Hypernyms ("axon" is a kind of...):
nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)
Meronyms (parts of "axon"):
nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)
Holonyms ("axon" is a part of...):
nerve cell; neuron (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)
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