Neuron

//ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn//

Synonyms for "neuron" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(1 words)

afferent neuron autonomic nervous system axon brain central nervous system cerebral cortex

Strong matches (9)

craniosacral nervous system dendrite effector organ efferent neuron ganglion gray matter internuncial neuron medullary sheath nerve

Related words (15)

nerve cell nerve trunk nervous system neurocyte peripheral nervous system plexus sensorium sensory area sensory cell solar plexus spinal cord synapse thoracolumbar nervous system white matter

Noun(1 words)

neurocyte

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

3 entries

cell somatic cell vegetative cell

Synonyms

2 entries

nerve cell neurocyte

Related terms

8 entries

neura neural neuralgia neuritis neurode neurology neuroscience neurosis

derived

32 entries

Jennifer Aniston neuron Purkinje neuron algoneuron antimirror neuron antineuron clusteron get someone's neurons firing input neuron interneuron medium spiny neuron mirror neuron motor neuron motor neuron disease multineuron neuron activation neuronal

Showing 16 of 32 words.

has context

2 entries

cytology zoology

holonym

7 entries

autonomic nervous system brain ganglion nerve nervous system somatic nervous system spinal cord

is a

7 entries

animal cell cell diploid cell nerve tissue cells nervous system cell solid object somatic cell

meronym

4 entries

axon dendrite neurite soma

part of

3 entries

brain cerebral cortex nervous system

related to

10 entries

axon dendrite insect nerve impulse nervous system nervure neura neurode synapse wing

Translations

58 translations across 42 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة noun (a cell of the nervous system)
عَصْبُون noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Armenian

1 entries

նեյրոն noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

sinir hüceyrəsi noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Brazilian Portuguese

1 entries

neurônio noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Catalan

1 entries

neurona noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Chinese

1 entries

神經細胞 /神经细胞 noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

神經細胞 /神经细胞 noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

神經元 /神经元 noun (a cell of the nervous system)
神經細胞 /神经细胞 noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Czech

1 entries

neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Danish

2 entries

nervecelle noun (a cell of the nervous system)
neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Dutch

2 entries

neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)
zenuwcel noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Esperanto

1 entries

neŭrono noun (a cell of the nervous system)

European Portuguese

1 entries

neurónio noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Finnish

2 entries

hermosolu noun (a cell of the nervous system)
neuroni noun (a cell of the nervous system)

French

2 entries

cellule nerveuse noun (a cell of the nervous system)
neurone noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Georgian

1 entries

ნეირონი noun (a cell of the nervous system)

German

2 entries

Nervenzelle noun (a cell of the nervous system)
Neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Greek

1 entries

νευρώνας noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Hindi

1 entries

तंत्रिकोशिका noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Hungarian

2 entries

idegsejt noun (a cell of the nervous system)
neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Icelandic

1 entries

taugafruma noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Ido

1 entries

neurono noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Indonesian

1 entries

neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Italian

1 entries

neurocito noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Japanese

1 entries

神経細胞 noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Kazakh

2 entries

жүйке жасушасы noun (a cell of the nervous system)
нейрон noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Khmer

1 entries

ណឺរ៉ូន noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Korean

1 entries

신경 세포 noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Latin

3 entries

neurocytus noun (a cell of the nervous system)
neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)
neuronum noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Malayalam

1 entries

നാഡീകോശം noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Manx

1 entries

neayr-chillag noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Māori

1 entries

pūtau io noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

nevron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

nevron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Polish

2 entries

komórka nerwowa noun (a cell of the nervous system)
neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Romanian

1 entries

neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Russian

2 entries

не́рвная кле́тка noun (a cell of the nervous system)
нейро́н noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Spanish

1 entries

neurona noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Swahili

1 entries

nyuroni noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Swedish

2 entries

nervcell noun (a cell of the nervous system)
neuron noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Turkish

2 entries

nöron noun (a cell of the nervous system)
sinir hücresi noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Vietnamese

2 entries

nơ-ron noun (a cell of the nervous system)
tế bào thần kinh noun (a cell of the nervous system)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why was it so hard to establish that the neuron is the most basic unit of nervous tissue?

Source: tatoeba (3570067)

Not a single neuron appeared to be firing.

Source: tatoeba (11280856)

In the laboratory there is a piece of abstract art that is composed of images of neuron networks, showing their vast complexity.

Source: tatoeba (11982278)

A neuron has dendrites and axons with synapses.

Source: tatoeba (13056689)

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