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AXIS-CYLINDER

\ˈaksɪssˈɪlɪndə], \ˈaksɪssˈɪlɪndə], \ˈa_k_s_ɪ_s_s_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_n_d_ə]\

Definitions of AXIS-CYLINDER

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The central tract of a nerve fibre, the impulse transmitter.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

the core or central part of a nerve-fiber.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn. : axial fiber, neuraxon. The central and essential part of every nerve fiber, its size varying directly with that of the whole fiber.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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