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axonal

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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.
[Greek axn, axis.]
axon·al (ks-nl, k-snl) adj.
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Adj.1.axonal - of or relating to or resembling an axon
neuroscience - the scientific study of the nervous system


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The authors also observed spherical axonal swellings and expanded motor end plates and postulated that spindle modifications may be the result of dennervation.
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