axone


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ax·on

 (ăk′sŏn′) also ax·one (-sōn′)
n.
The usually long process of a nerve fiber that generally conducts impulses away from the body of the nerve cell.
[Greek axōn, axis.]
ax′on·al (ăk′sə-nəl, ăk-sŏn′əl) adj.
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Noun1.axone - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuronaxone - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
axon
nerve fiber, nerve fibre - a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
nerve cell, neuron - a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
nerve end, nerve ending - the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
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