neuron

noun
🔊/ˈnjʊərɒn/
🔊/ˈnʊrɑːn/
(also neurone
🔊/ˈnjʊərəʊn/
🔊/ˈnʊrəʊn/
especially in British English
)
(biology生物)
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  1. a cell that carries information within the brain and between the brain and other parts of the body; a nerve cell神经元 see also motor neurone diseaseTopics Bodyc2, Biologyc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Greek neuron, special use of the literal sense ‘sinew, tendon’. See nerve.