ALL meanings of axon
ax·on
A a - noun axon the long threadlike extension of a nerve cell that conducts nerve impulses from the cell body 3
- noun axon that part of a nerve cell through which impulses travel away from the cell body 3
- noun axon biology: part of a neuron 1
- noun axon The long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells. 1
- noun axon Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body. 1
- noun axon (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse. 0