neuron
English
/ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/, /ˈnjʊəɹɒn/, /ˈnjəɹɑn/
noun
Definitions
- (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
- (zoology) A nervure of an insect's wing.
- (artificial intelligence) an artificial neuron mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (nerve, sinew, tendon, cord, string, a sinew).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νεῦρον
Gloss
nerve, sinew, tendon, cord, string, a sinew
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
索
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antineuron English
- antineuronal English
- corticoneuronal English
- extraneuronal English
- glioneuronal English
- interneuron English
- interneurons English
- intraneuronal English
- isoneuronal English
- microneuronal English
- multineuron English
- multineuronal English
- neural English
- neuronal English
- neuronally English
- neuronic English
- neuronitis English
- neuronlike English
- neuronopathic English
- neuronopathy English
- neuronophage English
- neuronophagia English
- neuronophagy English
- neurotic English
- neurula English
- nonneuronal English
- nonneuronopathic English
- oligoneuronal English
- onconeuronal English
- panneuronal English
- paraneuron English
- paraneuronal English
- perineuronal English
- polyneuronal English
- premotorneuronal English
- proneuronal English
- subneuronal English
- sympathoneuronal English
- transneuronal English
- nervus Latin
- neuralgia Latin
- neuron Latin
- neurone French
- νευροειδής Ancient Greek
- νεύρινος Ancient Greek
- νεῦρον Ancient Greek
- πολύνευρον Ancient Greek
- *snḗh₁wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- nerve Norwegian Bokmål
- nevron Norwegian Bokmål
- ニューロン Japanese
- nerve Norwegian Nynorsk
- nevron Norwegian Nynorsk
- neuron Czech
- 뉴런 Korean
- neural
- neurula
- neuronal
- neurotic
- neuronic
- neuronlike
- antineuron
- neuronally
- neuronitis
- paraneuron
- proneuronal
- subneuronal
- nonneuronal
- isoneuronal
- interneuron
- multineuron
- panneuronal
- antineuronal
- neuronophage
- onconeuronal
- neuronopathy
- perineuronal
- paraneuronal
- glioneuronal
- polyneuronal
- neuronophagy
- interneurons
- neuronophagia
- microneuronal
- intraneuronal
- extraneuronal
- multineuronal
- oligoneuronal
- neuronopathic
- transneuronal
- corticoneuronal
- premotorneuronal
- sympathoneuronal
- nonneuronopathic