different between axon vs axipetal

English

Alternative forms

• axone (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (áx?n, “axis”).

Noun

axon (plural axons)

1. (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.

Hypernyms

• (nerve fibre): neuronal process, neurite, nerve fibre

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• noxa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?akson]

Noun

axon m

1. axon

Further reading

• axon in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Hungarian

Etymology

From scientific Latin axon, from Ancient Greek ???? (áx?n, “axis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??kson]
• Hyphenation: axon
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

axon (plural axonok)

1. (cytology) axon (a nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse)

   Synonym: tengelyfonál

Declension

References

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (áx?n, “axis”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ak.so?n/, [?äks?o?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ak.son/, [??ks?n]

Noun

ax?n m (genitive axonis); third declension

1. a line on a sundial (or its axis)
2. the axis of a ballista

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• axon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• axon in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Romanian

Etymology

From French axone.

Noun

axon m (plural axoni)

1. axon

Declension

English

Etymology 1

axis +? -petal

Adjective

axipetal (comparative more axipetal, superlative most axipetal)

1. (chiefly physics) Tending toward the center or axis

Synonyms

• centripetal

Etymology 2

axon +? -petal

Adjective

axipetal (comparative more axipetal, superlative most axipetal)

1. (physiology, dated) Seeking the axon

Synonyms

• axopetal