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A cell of the nervous system which conducts nerve impulses; a neuron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neuron
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: somatic cell, vegetative cell
Narrower terms: ganglion cell, gangliocyte, brain cell, motor neuron, efferent neuron, motor nerve fiber, motoneuron, sensory neuron, afferent neuron
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Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَصْبُون
(ʕaṣbūn)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Arabic:
خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة
(ḵaliyya ʕaṣabiyya)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Catalan:
neurona
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Catalan:
cèl·lula nerviosa
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Chinese Mandarin:
神經細胞 /神经细胞
(shénjīng xìbāo)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Danish:
nervecelle
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Danish:
neuron
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Dutch:
zenuwcel
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Dutch:
neuron
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Finnish:
hermosolu
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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French:
cellule nerveuse
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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French:
neurone
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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German:
Nervenzelle
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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German:
Neuron
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Hindi:
तंत्रिकोशिका
(tantrikośikā)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Hungarian:
idegsejt
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Irish:
néarchill
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Japanese:
神経細胞
(shinkei saibō)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Korean:
신경 세포
(sin'gyeong sepo)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Northern Kurdish:
damarexane
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Northern Kurdish:
xaneya demar
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Māori:
pūtau io
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nervecelle
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
nervecelle
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Portuguese:
neurónio
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Portuguese:
neurônio
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Romanian:
celulă nervoasă
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Russian:
не́рвная кле́тка
(nérvnaja klétka)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Russian:
нейро́н
(nejrón)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Slovak:
neurón
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Slovak:
nervová bunka
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Spanish:
neurona
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Swedish:
nervcell
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Swedish:
neuron
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Turkish:
sinir hücresi
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Turkish:
nöron
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Ukrainian:
нерво́ва кліти́на
(nervóva klitýna)
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Vietnamese:
tế bào thần kinh
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
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Volapük:
nevasiül
— cell of the nervous system — see also neuron