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AXONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does axone mean? 

AXONE (noun)
  The noun AXONE has 1 sense:

1. long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuronplay

  Familiarity information: AXONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AXONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

axon; axone

Hypernyms ("axone" is a kind of...):

nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)

Meronyms (parts of "axone"):

nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)

Holonyms ("axone" is a part of...):

nerve cell; neuron (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)


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