axon
Hungarian
noun
Definitions
- (cytology) axon 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 Latin axon derived from Ancient Greek ἄξων (axis, axle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄξων
Gloss
axis, axle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
軸