Meaning Of The Word Axon

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axon in American English
that part of a nerve cell through which impulses travel away from the cell body
noun: the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body

axon in British English
noun: the long threadlike extension of a nerve cell that conducts nerve impulses from the cell body

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