NEURON
\njˈuːɹɒn], \njˈuːɹɒn], \n_j_ˈuː_ɹ_ɒ_n]\
Definitions of NEURON
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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1. The morohological unit of the nervous system, consisting of the nerve-cell body and its various processes, the dendrites and the axis-cylinder process or neuraxon. 2. The axis-cylinder process of a nerve-cell, a neuraxon. 3. The cerebrospinal axis (obsolete).
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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