Meanings
plural nerve cells
- biologyA cell of the nervous system which conducts nerve impulses; a neuron.
1 more example
The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic عَصْبُون, خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة
- عَصْبُون (ʕaṣbūn)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة (ḵaliyya ʕaṣabiyya)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Catalan neurona, cèl·lula nerviosa
- neuronacell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- cèl·lula nerviosacell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Chinese Mandarin 神經細胞 /神经细胞
- 神經細胞 /神经细胞 (shénjīng xìbāo)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Danish nervecelle, neuron
- nervecellecell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- neuroncell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Dutch zenuwcel, neuron
- zenuwcelcell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- neuroncell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Finnish hermosolu
- hermosolucell of the nervous system — see also neuron
French cellule nerveuse, neurone
- cellule nerveusecell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- neuronecell of the nervous system — see also neuron
German Nervenzelle, Neuron
- Nervenzellecell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- Neuroncell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Hindi तंत्रिकोशिका
- तंत्रिकोशिका (tantrikośikā)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Hungarian idegsejt
- idegsejtcell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Irish néarchill
- néarchillcell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Japanese 神経細胞
- 神経細胞 (shinkei saibō)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Korean 신경 세포
- 신경 세포 (sin'gyeong sepo)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Māori pūtau io
- pūtau iocell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Norwegian Bokmål nervecelle
- nervecellecell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Portuguese neurónio, neurônio
- neuróniocell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- neurôniocell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Romanian celulă nervoasă
- celulă nervoasăcell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Russian не́рвная кле́тка, нейро́н
- не́рвная кле́тка (nérvnaja klétka)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- нейро́н (nejrón)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Slovak neurón, nervová bunka
- neuróncell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- nervová bunkacell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Spanish neurona
- neuronacell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Swedish nervcell, neuron
- nervcellcell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- neuroncell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Turkish sinir hücresi, nöron
- sinir hücresicell of the nervous system — see also neuron
- nöroncell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Ukrainian нерво́ва кліти́на
- нерво́ва кліти́на (nervóva klitýna)cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Vietnamese tế bào thần kinh
- tế bào thần kinhcell of the nervous system — see also neuron
Cite this entry
nerve cell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerve%20cell
“nerve cell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerve%20cell. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nerve cell,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerve%20cell.
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