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Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
Also called nerve cell.
Compare synapse.
Origin:
1880–85; < Greek neûron sinew, cord, nerve
1880–85; < Greek neûron sinew, cord, nerve
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