(cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.

Dated spelling of axon.

(cytology) Of or pertaining to an axon.

Relating to axons.

By means of an axon.

plural of axone

plural of axon

(neurology) An axon that lays down the initial growing path for the other axons of the same neuron to follow.

plural of axon hillock

(biology) A specialized part of the soma of a neuron that connects to the axon. It is the last site in the soma where membrane potentials propagated from synaptic inputs are summated before being transmitted to the axon.