axon

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

assone

palancola

tavolone

axone

cilindrasse

sinonimi

axone

neurite

axis cylinder

neuraxis

neuraxon

neurit

Traduzioni

axone

Axon

axón

axó

axônio

akson

axónio

àxon

axon

cilindroeje

άξονας

fibre nerveuse

άξων

νευράξονας

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈæksɒn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”). Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and other borrowed axis, aisle, ala, atelier.