nerve cell
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nerve cell
n.
1. See neuron.
2. The body of a neuron without its axon and dendrites.
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nerve cell
n
(Anatomy) another name for neurone
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neu•ron
(ˈnʊər ɒn, ˈnyʊər-)n.
a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
Also called nerve cell. Also, esp. Brit.,neu•rone (-oʊn) [1880–85; < Greek neûron sinew, cord, nerve]
neu•ron•al (ˈnʊər ə nl, ˈnyʊər-, nʊˈroʊn l, nyʊ-) adj.
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nerve cell
Any of the cells of the nervous system. Nerve cells typically consist of a cell body, which contains a nucleus and receives incoming nerve impulses, and an axon, which carries impulses away from the cell body. Also called neuron. See more at cell.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() gangliocyte, ganglion cell - a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of glaucoma" somatic cell, vegetative cell - any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"; nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells brain cell - a nerve cell in the brain efferent neuron, motoneuron, motor nerve fiber, motor neuron - a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord afferent neuron, sensory neuron - a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord dendrite - short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron |
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