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Esperanto
Noun
akson
- accusative singular of akso
Indonesian
Etymology
From English axon.
Pronunciation
Noun
akson (first-person possessive aksonku, second-person possessive aksonmu, third-person possessive aksonnya)
- (anatomy) axon, 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.
Further reading
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Etymology
From English oxen, plural form of ox, from Old English oxa, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.
Pronunciation
Noun
akson anim
- ox
Declension
Noun
akson inan
- oxcart
Declension
References
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn).[1] First attested in 1900.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
akson m inan
- (neuroanatomy) axon
- Synonym: neuryt
- akson neuronu ― the axon of a neuron
- aksony komórek ― the axons of cells
- aksony biegną ― axons travel
- aksony wychodzą ― axons extend
- aksony tworzą ― axons create
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “akson”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Ateneum (in Polish), number 98, 1900, page 373
Further reading
- akson in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- akson in Polish dictionaries at PWN