axon

== English == === Alternative forms === axone (dated) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”). Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and other borrowed axis, aisle, ala, atelier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæksɒn/ === Noun === axon (plural axons) (cytology) 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. ==== Hypernyms ==== (nerve fibre): neuronal process, neurite, nerve fibre ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === noxa == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈakson] === Noun === axon m inan axon ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “axon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) == Hungarian == === Etymology === From scientific Latin axon, from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒkson] Hyphenation: axon Rhymes: -on === Noun === axon (plural axonok) (cytology) axon (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) Synonym: tengelyfonál ==== Declension ==== === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈak.soːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈak.son] === Noun === axōn m (genitive axonis); third declension a line on a sundial (or its axis) the axis of a ballista ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “axon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “axon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “axon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French axone. === Noun === axon m (plural axoni) axon ==== Declension ====