English Explanatory Dictionary

axon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈæksɒn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-axon.wav

Word forms

axon axons axone

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Hellenic *aksōn Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn)der. English axon Derived from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”). Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and other borrowed axis, aisle, ala, atelier.

Related words

dendrite neurite neuron synapse

Derived words

axipetal axogenesis axonal axon hillock axonic axonless axonocentric axonogenesis axonography axonopathy axonotrophic axonotrophy axopetal axotomize axotomy diaxon mesaxon monaxon monoaxon motoraxon pioneer axon triaxon
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