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View synonyms for nerve cell

nerve cell

noun



nerve cell

noun

  1. another name for neurone


nerve cell

  1. See neuron


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nerve cell1

First recorded in 1855–60

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Example Sentences

Body of a nerve-cell of the spinal cord, specially stained so as to show the minute structure.

In every nerve-cell there is memory, and not only so, but there is memory in every organic element of the body.

In a word, the central nerve cell had sprung suddenly into clear view.

A most interesting body it proved, this nerve cell, or ganglion cell, as it came to be called.

In a word, it was shown that each central nerve cell, with its fibrillar offshoots, is an isolated entity.

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