neuron
/ˈnjʊəɹɒn/US/ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/
neuron noun: a cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
Noun
neuron (plural neurons or neura)
- A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
- 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...2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
- Synonyms:
- neurocyte, nerve cell
- A nervure of an insect's wing.
- A mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network.
neuron meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
neuron in Hindi
- a cell of the nervous system
- तंत्रिकोशिका tantrikośikā
neuron in Tamil
- நரம்பணு, நரம்பு செல், நரம்புக்கலம், நரம்புசெல்
neuron in Marathi
- न्यूरॉन
neuron in Urdu
- نیوران, نیورون
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- neuron in Bengali
- নিউরন
- neuron in Telugu
- నాడీకణము nāḍīkaṇamu
- neuron in Malayalam
- നാഡീകോശം nāḍīkōśaṁ
- neuron in Kannada
- ನರಕೋಶ
- neuron in Punjabi
- ਨਿਊਰੋਨ, ਨਿਊਰੌਨ
- neuron in Gujarati
- ચેતાકોષ
- neuron in Odia
- ନ୍ଯ଼ୁରନ୍, ନ୍ଯ଼ୁରନ
- neuron in Nepali
- न्युरोन, न्यूरोन, न्यूरॉन
- neuron in Arabic
- عَصْبُون ʕaṣbūn, خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة ḵaliyya ʕaṣabiyya
- neuron in Indonesian
- neuron
- neuron in Vietnamese
- tế bào thần kinh, nơ-ron
Examples of neuron in a sentence
- This equipment is designed to map the neurons of the human brain in three dimensions.
- In this slide you see a pair of synaptically connected neurons.
- Every time I look at those abs I get a neuron activation.
Synonyms of neuron
Forms of neuron
| plural | neurons |
|---|---|
| plural | neura |
| alternative UK | neurone |
Origin of neuron
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”), doublet of nerve and sinew. By surface analysis, neuro- + -on.
Words formed from neuron
- algoneuron
- antimirror neuron
- antineuron
- clusteron
- get someone's neurons firing
- input neuron
- interneuron
- Jennifer Aniston neuron
- medium spiny neuron
- mirror neuron
- motor neuron
- motor neuron disease
- multineuron
- neuron activation
- neuronal
- neuronally
- neuronic
- neuronitis
- neuronlike
- neuronopathic
- neuronopathy
- neuronophage
- neuronophagia
- neuronophagy
- paraneuron
- Purkinje neuron
- pyramidal neuron
- rosehip neuron
- sensory neuron
- spindle neuron
- spiny projection neuron
- von Economo neuron
Phrases with neuron
Words that rhyme with neuron
Questions about neuron
- What does neuron mean?
- Neuron means a cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
- What is neuron in Hindi?
- Neuron in Hindi is तंत्रिकोशिका (tantrikośikā). See Neuron meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is neuron?
- Neuron is a noun.
- How do you pronounce neuron?
- Neuron is pronounced /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ (US).
- What is the plural of neuron?
- The plural of neuron is neurons.
Words near neuron in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: neuron (page history and authors); neuron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neuron (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); neuron (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); neuron (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); నాడీకణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); neuron (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neuron (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); neuron (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); neuron (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); neuron (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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