axone

ax·on

 (ăk′sŏn′) also ax·one (-sōn′)

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 axōn, axis.]

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ax′on·al (ăk′sə-nəl, ăk-sŏn′əl) adj.

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Noun

1.

axone - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron axon 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