neuron

• neurone

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Doublet of nerve and sinew.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/, /ˈn(j)uɹɑn/, /ˈn(j)ɝɑn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʊəɹɒn/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnjəɹɑn/
• Rhymes: (General American) -ʊɹɑn, (GA) -uɹɑn, (Received Pronunciation) -ʊəɹɒn, (Canada) -əɹɑn

neuron (plural neurons or neura)

1. (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
   • 2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.

2. (zoology) A nervure of an insect's wing.
3. (artificial intelligence) an artificial neuron (mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network)

• (cell of nervous system): neurocyte
• (cell of nervous system): nerve cell

• neura
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• neuron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• neuron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• neuron in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• neuron at OneLook Dictionary Search

Ultimately from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛu̯ron]

neuron m

1. (cytology) neuron

• nervová buňka

• neuron in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• neuron in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

neuron c (singular definite neuronen, plural indefinite neuroner)

1. (cytology) neuron

• nervecelle

• “neuron” in Den Danske Ordbog

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neuron n (plural neuronen or neurons)

1. neuron

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛw.rɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛwrɔn
• Syllabification: neu‧ron

neuron m inan

1. neuron

• neuron in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• neuron in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French neurone.

neuron m (plural neuroni)

1. neuron

• IPA^(key): /neǔroːn/
• Hyphenation: ne‧u‧ron

neùrōn m (Cyrillic spelling неу̀ро̄н)

1. neuron

neuron c or n

1. (cytology) a neuron

   Synonym: nervcell

Common gender is much more common.

• neuron in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• neuron in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• neuron in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)