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Axon

//ˈæksɒn// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”). Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and other borrowed axis, aisle, ala, atelier.

Etymology 2

English surname, from the Middle English personal name Ackeson, equivalent to Acke (a pet form of Adam) + -son. The first element could also be from a variant of the female name Agatha, see also Agate.

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