PATHWAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does pathway mean?
• PATHWAY (noun)
The noun PATHWAY has 2 senses:
1. a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
2. a trodden path
Familiarity information: PATHWAY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PATHWAY (noun)
Meaning:
A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
nerve pathway; nerve tract; pathway; tract
Hypernyms ("pathway" is a kind of...):
substantia alba; white matter (whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pathway"):
commissure (a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord)
cerebral peduncle; peduncle (a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain)
Meaning:
A trodden path
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
footpath; pathway
Hypernyms ("pathway" is a kind of...):
path (a way especially designed for a particular use)
