neuron

Alternative forms

• neurone

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnʊɹɑn/, /ˈnɝɑn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʊəɹɒn/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnjəɹɑn/

Noun

neuron (plural neurons or neura)

1. (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
   • 2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.

2. (zoology) A nervure of an insect's wing.

Further reading

• neuron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• neuron in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• neuron at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneu̯ron/

Noun

neuron m

1. (cytology) neuron

Noun

neuron c (singular definite neuronen, plural indefinite neuroner)

1. (cytology) neuron

References

• “neuron” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Noun

neuron n (plural neuronen or neurons)

1. neuron

Noun

neuron m inan

1. neuron

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neǔroːn/
• Hyphenation: ne‧u‧ron

Noun

neùrōn m (Cyrillic spelling неу̀ро̄н)

1. neuron