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neuron

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
neuron /ˈnjʊərɒn/ (also neurone /-rəʊn/)

▶noun a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses.

– derivatives
neuronal /-ˈrəʊn(ə)l/ adjective,
neuronic /-ˈrɒnɪk/ adjective.

– origin C19: from Gk neuron ‘sinew, tendon’; cf. nerve.

'neuron' also found in these Oxford entries:

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - aponeurosis - interneuron - motoneuron - motor neuron - motor neuron disease - nerve - nerve cell - nerve fibre - neural - neuro- - perineurium

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