"nerve cell" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nerve cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nerve cell (plural nerve cells)
  1. (cytology) A cell of the nervous system which conducts nerve impulses; a neuron. Wikipedia link: nerve cell Categories (topical): Cytology Translations (cell of the nervous system — see also neuron): عَصْبُون (ʕaṣbūn) [masculine] (Arabic), خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة (ḵaliyya ʕaṣabiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), neurona [feminine] (Catalan), cèl·lula nerviosa [feminine] (Catalan), 神經細胞 (Chinese Mandarin), 神经细胞 (shénjīng xìbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), nervecelle [common-gender] (Danish), neuron [neuter] (Danish), zenuwcel [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), neuron [neuter] (Dutch), hermosolu (Finnish), cellule nerveuse [feminine] (French), neurone [masculine] (French), Nervenzelle [feminine] (German), Neuron [neuter] (German), idegsejt (Hungarian), néarchill [feminine] (Irish), 神経細胞 (shinkei saibō) (alt: しんけいさいぼう) (Japanese), 신경 세포 (sin'gyeong sepo) (alt: 神經細胞) (Korean), pūtau io (Maori), damarexane [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), xaneya demar [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), nervecelle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nervecelle [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), neurónio [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), neurônio [Brazil] (Portuguese), celulă nervoasă (Romanian), не́рвная кле́тка (nérvnaja klétka) [feminine] (Russian), нейро́н (nejrón) [masculine] (Russian), neurón (Slovak), nervová bunka (Slovak), neurona [feminine] (Spanish), nervcell (Swedish), neuron (Swedish), sinir hücresi (Turkish), nöron (Turkish), нерво́ва кліти́на (nervóva klitýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tế bào thần kinh (alt: 細胞神經) (Vietnamese), nevasiül (Volapük)

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  "word": "nerve cell"
}

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