axon

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.

词形变化

axons plural axone alternative,dated

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der.
Proto-Hellenic *aksōn
Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn)der.
English axon
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”). Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and other borrowed axis, aisle, ala, atelier.
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