neurons
neurons is the plural of neuron.
Meaning of neuron
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.
Phrases with neurons
- input neurons
- motor neurons
- mirror neurons
- rosehip neurons
- sensory neurons
- spindle neurons
- Purkinje neurons
- pyramidal neurons
- antimirror neurons
- von Economo neurons
- medium spiny neurons
- Jennifer Aniston neurons
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Questions about neurons
- What is neurons the plural of?
- Neurons is the plural of neuron.
Words near neurons in the dictionary
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