AXONE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

Synonyms:

axon; axone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("axone" is a kind of...):

nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)

Meronyms (parts of "axone"):

nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)

Holonyms ("axone" is a part of...):

nerve cell; neuron (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)