Meanings
plural neurons · plural neura · alternative UK neurone
- biologyA cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
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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 8847Synonyms: neurocyte, nerve cell
- artificial intelligenceA mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
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Origin
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον“nerve”
- Englishneuron
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”), doublet of nerve and sinew. By surface analysis, neuro- + -on.
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Arabic عَصْبُون, خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة
- عَصْبُون (ʕaṣbūn)a cell of the nervous system
- خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة (ḵaliyya ʕaṣabiyya)a cell of the nervous system
Brazilian Portuguese neurônio
- neurônioa cell of the nervous system
Catalan neurona
- neuronaa cell of the nervous system
Chinese Cantonese 神經細胞 /神经细胞
- 神經細胞 /神经细胞 (san⁴ ging¹ sai³ baau¹)a cell of the nervous system
Chinese Mandarin 神經細胞 /神经细胞, 神經元 /神经元
- 神經細胞 /神经细胞 (shénjīng xìbāo)a cell of the nervous system
- 神經元 /神经元 (shénjīngyuán)a cell of the nervous system
Czech neuron
- neurona cell of the nervous system
Danish nervecelle, neuron
- nervecellea cell of the nervous system
- neurona cell of the nervous system
Dutch neuron, zenuwcel
- neurona cell of the nervous system
- zenuwcela cell of the nervous system
Esperanto neŭrono
- neŭronoa cell of the nervous system
Estonian närvirakk, neuron
- närvirakka cell of the nervous system
- neurona cell of the nervous system
- neurotsüüta cell of the nervous system
European Portuguese neurónio
- neurónioa cell of the nervous system
Finnish neuroni, hermosolu
- neuronia cell of the nervous system
- hermosolua cell of the nervous system
French neurone, cellule nerveuse
- neuronea cell of the nervous system
- cellule nerveusea cell of the nervous system
German Neuron, Nervenzelle
- Neurona cell of the nervous system
- Nervenzellea cell of the nervous system
Greek νευρώνας
- νευρώνας (nevrónas)a cell of the nervous system
Hindi तंत्रिकोशिका
- तंत्रिकोशिका (tantrikośikā)a cell of the nervous system
Hungarian idegsejt, neuron
- idegsejta cell of the nervous system
- neurona cell of the nervous system
Icelandic taugafruma, taugungur
- taugafrumaa cell of the nervous system
- taugungura cell of the nervous system
Indonesian neuron
- neurona cell of the nervous system
Italian neurocito
- neurocitoa cell of the nervous system
Japanese 神経細胞
- 神経細胞 (shinkei saibō)a cell of the nervous system
Korean 신경 세포
- 신경 세포 (sin'gyeong sepo)a cell of the nervous system
Latin neuron, neuronum
- neurona cell of the nervous system
- neuronuma cell of the nervous system
- neurocytusa cell of the nervous system
Māori pūtau io
- pūtau ioa cell of the nervous system
Norwegian Bokmål nevron
- nevrona cell of the nervous system
Polish neuron, komórka nerwowa
- neurona cell of the nervous system
- komórka nerwowaa cell of the nervous system
Romanian neuron
- neurona cell of the nervous system
Russian нейро́н, не́рвная кле́тка
- нейро́н (nejrón)a cell of the nervous system
- не́рвная кле́тка (nérvnaja klétka)a cell of the nervous system
Spanish neurona
- neuronaa cell of the nervous system
Swahili nyuroni
- nyuronia cell of the nervous system
Swedish neuron, nervcell
- neurona cell of the nervous system
- nervcella cell of the nervous system
Turkish nöron, sinir hücresi
- nörona cell of the nervous system
- sinir hücresia cell of the nervous system
Vietnamese tế bào thần kinh, nơ-ron
- tế bào thần kinha cell of the nervous system
- nơ-rona cell of the nervous system
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with neuron
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neuron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuron
“neuron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuron. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neuron,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuron.
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