Phrase guide

nerve cell

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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.

  • Arabic: عَصْبُون (ʕaṣbūn) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Arabic: خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة (ḵaliyya ʕaṣabiyya) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Catalan: neurona — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Catalan: cèl·lula nerviosa — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神經細胞 /神经细胞 (shénjīng xìbāo) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Danish: nervecelle — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Danish: neuron — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Dutch: zenuwcel — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Dutch: neuron — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Finnish: hermosolu — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • French: cellule nerveuse — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • French: neurone — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • German: Nervenzelle — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • German: Neuron — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Hindi: तंत्रिकोशिका (tantrikośikā) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Hungarian: idegsejt — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Irish: néarchill — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Japanese: 神経細胞 (shinkei saibō) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Korean: 신경 세포 (sin'gyeong sepo) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Northern Kurdish: damarexane — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Northern Kurdish: xaneya demar — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Māori: pūtau io — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nervecelle — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nervecelle — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Portuguese: neurónio — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Portuguese: neurônio — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Romanian: celulă nervoasă — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Russian: не́рвная кле́тка (nérvnaja klétka) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Russian: нейро́н (nejrón) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Slovak: neurón — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Slovak: nervová bunka — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Spanish: neurona — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Swedish: nervcell — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Swedish: neuron — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Turkish: sinir hücresi — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Turkish: nöron — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Ukrainian: нерво́ва кліти́на (nervóva klitýna) — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Vietnamese: tế bào thần kinh — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron
  • Volapük: nevasiül — cell of the nervous system — see also neuron