neuron
English Thesaurus
1. a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | somatic cell, vegetative cell, |
| definition | : | any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | gangliocyte, ganglion cell, |
| definition | : | a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | brain cell, |
| definition | : | a nerve cell in the brain (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | axon, axone, |
| definition | : | long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | dendrite, |
| definition | : | short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron (noun.body) |
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