axon


Pronunciation key

( ak′son )

ax•on

n.

[< Mod. L.; Gr. axōn, axis, axle].

The section of the nerve cell where impulses leave the cell to travel.

References

  • Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

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