akson.
axon, 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
Meaning & usage
axon, 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
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”).
Thai script
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Thai อักษร (àk-sɔ̌ɔn), from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “letter”). Doublet of aksara.
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