nerve cell

nerve cell

n.

1. See neuron.

2. The body of a neuron without its axon and dendrites.

nerve cell

n

(Anatomy) another name for neurone

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.

nerve cell

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nerve cell - a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses neuron 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 axon, axone - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron dendrite - short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron

Translations

NervenzelleNeuron

neurona

hermosolu

nerve cell

n → cellula nervosa, neurone m