neuron

See also Neuron

English

Neurons

Alternative forms

• neurone

Etymology

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

Noun

neuron (plural neurons or (rare) 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.

Synonyms

• neurocyte
• nerve cell

Derived terms

• neural
• neuralgia
• neuritis
• neurology
• neuronal
• neuronic
• neuronally
• neuroscience
• neurosis

Translations

a cell of the nervous system

• Arabic: عصبون (ar) (3aSbuun) m, خلية عصبية (ar) (khalíyya 3aSabíyya) f
• Armenian: նեյրոն (hy) (neyron)
• Catalan: neurona (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神經細胞 (cmn), 神经细胞 (cmn) (shénjīng xìbāo)

• Czech: neuron (cs) m
• Dutch: neuron (nl), zenuwcel (nl)
• Esperanto: neŭrono (eo)
• Finnish: neuroni (fi), hermosolu (fi)
• French: neurone (fr) m, cellule nerveuse (fr) f
• German: Neuron (de) n, Nervenzelle (de) f
• Greek: νευρώνας (el) (nevrónas) m

• Hungarian: idegsejt (hu)
• Ido: neurono (io)
• Japanese: 神経細胞 (ja) (しんけいさいぼう, shinkei saibō)
• Korean: 신경 세포 (ko) (singyeong sepo) (神經細胞 (ko))
• Manx: neayr-chillag (gv) f
• Polish: neuron (pl) m
• Portuguese: neurónio (pt) m
• Romanian: neuron (ro) m
• Russian: нейрон (ru) (nejrón) m, нервная клетка (ru) (nérvnaja klétka) f
• Spanish: neurona (es) f
• Turkish: nöron (tr), sinir hücresi (tr)
• Vietnamese: tế bào thần kinh (vi) (細胞神經 (vi))

See also

• neura
• neurode
• Neuron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

External links

• 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

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Czech

Noun

neuron m

1. neuron

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Polish

Noun

neuron m

1. neuron

Declension

    declension of neuron

	singular	plural
nominative	neuron	neurony
genitive	neuronu	neuronów
dative	neuronowi	neuronom
accusative	neuron	neurony
instrumental	neuronem	neuronami
locative	neuronie	neuronach
vocative	neuronie	neurony

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /neǔroːn/
• Hyphenation: ne‧u‧ron

Noun

neùrōn m (Cyrillic spelling неу̀ро̄н)

1. neuron

Declension

    declension of neuron

	singular	plural
nominative	neùrōn	neuroni
genitive	neuróna	neurona
dative	neuronu	neuronima
accusative	neuron	neurone
vocative	neurone	neuroni
locative	neuronu	neuronima
instrumental	neuronom	neuronima