axon

ax·on  (ksn) also ax·one (-sn)

n.

The usually long process of a nerve fiber that generally conducts impulses away from the body of the nerve cell.

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[Greek axn, axis.]

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axon·al (ks-nl, k-snl) adj.

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axon  (ksn)

The long portion of a neuron that conducts impulses away from the body of the cell. Also called nerve fiber.

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Noun

1.

axon - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron axone nerve fiber, nerve fibre - a threadlike extension of a nerve cell nerve cell, neuron - a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses nerve end, nerve ending - the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse