axon
English
noun
Definitions
- (cytology) 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.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄξων (axis, axle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄξων
Gloss
axis, axle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
軸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abaxonal English
- adaxonal English
- anaxonal English
- axoaxonic English
- axogenesis English
- axonal English
- axonally English
- axonic English
- axonless English
- axonogenesis English
- axonography English
- axonopathy English
- axonotrophic English
- axonotrophy English
- axopetal English
- electroaxonography English
- interaxonal English
- intraaxonal English
- mesaxon English
- mesaxonic English
- monaxon English
- monaxonal English
- monaxonic English
- monoaxon English
- motor English
- motoraxon English
- multiaxonal English
- neuroaxonal English
- neuroaxonopathy English
- paraxonic English
- periaxonal English
- polyaxonal English
- retroaxonal English
- transaxonal English
- triaxon English
- uniaxonal English
- axon Latin
- axōn Latin
- ἄξων Ancient Greek
- *h₂eḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- acsón Irish
- motor
- axonic
- axonal
- mesaxon
- triaxon
- monaxon
- axopetal
- axonally
- axonless
- abaxonal
- anaxonal
- monoaxon
- adaxonal
- paraxonic
- monaxonal
- axoaxonic
- monaxonic
- motoraxon
- mesaxonic
- uniaxonal
- polyaxonal
- periaxonal
- axonopathy
- axogenesis
- transaxonal
- intraaxonal
- multiaxonal
- retroaxonal
- neuroaxonal
- axonography
- interaxonal
- axonotrophy
- axonotrophic
- axonogenesis
- neuroaxonopathy
- electroaxonography