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AXON

\ˈaksɒn], \ˈaksɒn], \ˈa_k_s_ɒ_n]\

Definitions of AXON

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Nerve fibers that are capable of rapidly conducting impulses away from the neuron cell body.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The axis-cylinder process of a multipolar nerve-cell.

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

Same as Axis-cylinder process.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn. : neuraxis, neurite. The single, unbranched process of a neuron. It may be short or long, and usually extends to form the axis-cylinder of a nerve fiber. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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