Synonyms for "axon" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)

axone

braincerebral cortex

Strong matches (4)

gangliongray matternervenervous system

Related words (6)

Noun(1 words)

neuraxon

neuronplexussolar plexusspinal cordsynapse

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

nerve fibernerve fibreneuriteneuronal process

Related terms

4 entries

dendriteneuriteneuronsynapse

derived

22 entries

axipetalaxogenesisaxon hillockaxonalaxonicaxonlessaxonocentricaxonogenesisaxonographyaxonopathyaxonotrophicaxonotrophyaxopetalaxotomizeaxotomydiaxon

Showing 16 of 22 words.

has context

1 entries

cytology

is a

6 entries

cell partdirected routeinternal body partnerve fiberneuriteprojected cell part

part of

1 entries

nerve cell

related to

6 entries

dendritenerve cellnerve impulseneuriteneuronsynapse

Translations

36 translations across 28 languages.

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Brazilian Portuguese

1 entries

• axônio noun (a nerve fibre)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• аксон noun (a nerve fibre)

Catalan

2 entries

• axó noun (a nerve fibre)
• àxon noun (a nerve fibre)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 軸突 /轴突 noun (a nerve fibre)

Czech

1 entries

• axon noun (a nerve fibre)

Dutch

1 entries

• axon noun (a nerve fibre)

European Portuguese

1 entries

• axónio noun (a nerve fibre)

Finnish

2 entries

• aksoni noun (a nerve fibre)
• viejähaarake noun (a nerve fibre)

French

1 entries

• axone noun (a nerve fibre)

German

1 entries

• Axon noun (a nerve fibre)

Greek

1 entries

• άξων noun (a nerve fibre)

Hindi

1 entries

• अक्षतंतु noun (a nerve fibre)

Hungarian

1 entries

• axon noun (a nerve fibre)

Indonesian

1 entries

• akson noun (a nerve fibre)

Irish

2 entries

• acsón noun (a nerve fibre)
• néarshnáithín noun (a nerve fibre)

Italian

1 entries

• assone noun (a nerve fibre)

Japanese

1 entries

• 軸索 noun (a nerve fibre)

Malay

1 entries

• akson noun (a nerve fibre)

Marathi

1 entries

• अक्षतंतु noun (a nerve fibre)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

• rîşaledemar noun (a nerve fibre)
• tewere noun (a nerve fibre)

Polish

2 entries

• akson noun (a nerve fibre)
• neuryt noun (a nerve fibre)

Romanian

1 entries

• axon noun (a nerve fibre)

Russian

1 entries

• аксо́н noun (a nerve fibre)

Spanish

3 entries

• axón noun (a nerve fibre)
• cilindroeje noun (a nerve fibre)
• neurita noun (a nerve fibre)

Swedish

2 entries

• axon noun (a nerve fibre)
• nervfiber noun (a nerve fibre)

Tagalog

1 entries

• sulid ng dagandam noun (a nerve fibre)

Turkish

1 entries

• akson noun (a nerve fibre)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• sợi trục noun (a nerve fibre)

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