Word Type

Noun

The word "neuron" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

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 neuronally neuronic neuronitis neuronlike neuronopathic neuronopathy neuronophage neuronophagia neuronophagy paraneuron pyramidal neuron rosehip neuron sensory neuron spindle neuron spiny projection neuron von Economo neuron

Context

cytology zoology

Part Of (Holonyms)

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

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cell somatic cell vegetative cell

Type Of (IsA)

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

Parts (Meronyms)

axon dendrite neurite soma

Part Of

brain cerebral cortex nervous system

Related Terms

neura neural neuralgia neuritis neurode neurology neuroscience neurosis

Related Terms

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

Synonym Network

nerve cell neurocyte

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