Definitions for axon

axon ax·on

Spelling: [ak-son]
IPA: /ˈæk sɒn/

Axon is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in axon (anox).

Definitions for axon

noun

  1. Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.

Origin of axon

1835-45; New Latin Greek áxōn an axle, axis; akin to Latin axis

Examples for axon

The contact of the axon of one neuron with the dendrons of another is called a synapse.

One of these processes, the axon, is much longer than the others and ends in a muscle or organ of sensation.

This tiny protoplasmic thread, the axon, was formed originally by growing out from the cell body.

These axon runners from one cell connect through synapses to dendrite runners on other cells.

The axon forms the pathway over which nervous impulses travel to and from the nerve centers.

Sandy-haired men have no age until they are fifty-five, and axon was not fifty-five.

Mr. axon says it is current in Lancashire and in Cornwall, Antiquary, xi.

We saw a moment ago that every axon is inclosed in a sheath.

Louis shot away into the outer office, where axon was just putting on his hat to go to the bank.

Most nerve cells have two kinds of branches, called the axon and the dendrites.

Word Value for axon
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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