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"Rhymes:English/ʊəɹɒn/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "input neuron"
},
{
"word": "interneuron"
},
{
"word": "Jennifer Aniston neuron"
},
{
"word": "medium spiny neuron"
},
{
"word": "mirror neuron"
},
{
"word": "motor neuron"
},
{
"word": "motor neuron disease"
},
{
"word": "neural"
},
{
"word": "neuralgia"
},
{
"word": "neuritis"
},
{
"word": "neurology"
},
{
"word": "neuronal"
},
{
"word": "neuronally"
},
{
"word": "neuronic"
},
{
"word": "neuroscience"
},
{
"word": "neurosis"
},
{
"word": "Purkinje neuron"
},
{
"word": "pyramidal neuron"
},
{
"word": "rosehip neuron"
},
{
"word": "sensory neuron"
},
{
"word": "spindle neuron"
},
{
"word": "von Economo neuron"
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "NL.",
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},
"expansion": "New Latin",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "νεῦρον",
"4": "",
"5": "nerve"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"2": "nerve",
"3": "sinew"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of nerve and sinew",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Doublet of nerve and sinew.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "neurons",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "neura",
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"plural"
]
}
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"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "nervous system"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "brain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "spinal cord"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "somatic nervous system"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "autonomic nervous system"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "nerve"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "ganglion"
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"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "cell"
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "soma"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "neurite"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "axon"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "dendrite"
}
],
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "neura"
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{
"word": "neurode"
}
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"en:Cytology"
],
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"ref": "2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847",
"text": "The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.",
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"cytology",
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"axon",
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[
"dendrite",
"dendrite"
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[
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"(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses."
],
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"biology",
"cytology",
"medicine",
"natural-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
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"categories": [
"en:Zoology"
],
"glosses": [
"A nervure of an insect's wing."
],
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"zoology",
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],
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"insect",
"insect"
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]
],
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"(zoology) A nervure of an insect's wing."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Artificial intelligence"
],
"glosses": [
"an artificial neuron (mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network)"
],
"links": [
[
"artificial intelligence",
"artificial intelligence"
],
[
"neural network",
"neural network#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "artificial intelligence",
"raw_glosses": [
"(artificial intelligence) an artificial neuron (mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈn(j)uɹɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈn(j)ɝɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnjʊəɹɒn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnjəɹɑn/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊəɹɒn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːɹɒn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜːɹɒn"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "cell of nervous system",
"word": "neurocyte"
},
{
"sense": "cell of nervous system",
"word": "nerve cell"
},
{
"word": "neurone"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:neuron",
"word": "neuron"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕaṣbūn",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَصْبُون"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵaliyya ʕaṣabiyya",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَلِيَّة عَصَبِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "neyron",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "նեյրոն"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "sinir hüceyrəsi"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neurona"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "神經細胞"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "san⁴ ging¹ sai³ baau¹",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "神经细胞"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "神經細胞"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "sîn-keng sè-pau, sîn-keng sòe-pau",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "神经细胞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "神經細胞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shénjīng xìbāo",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "神经细胞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "神經元"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shénjīngyuán",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "神经元"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neuron"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nervecelle"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "neuron"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "neuron"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "zenuwcel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "neŭrono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "neuroni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "hermosolu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neurone"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cellule nerveuse"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "neironi",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "ნეირონი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Neuron"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nervenzelle"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nevrónas",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "νευρώνας"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "idegsejt"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "taugafrumu"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "neurono"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "neuron"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neurocito"
},
{
"alt": "しんけいさいぼう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinkei saibō",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "神経細胞"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "neiron",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "нейрон"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jüike jasuşasy",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "жүйке жасушасы"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "nəɨroun",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "ណឺរ៉ូន"
},
{
"alt": "神經細胞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sin'gyeong sepo",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "신경 세포"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "neuron"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "neuronum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neurocytus"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nāḍīkōśaṁ",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "നാഡീകോശം"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neayr-chillag"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "pūtau io"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nevron"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nevron"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neuron"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "komórka nerwowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neurônio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "European Portuguese",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neurónio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neuron"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nejrón",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нейро́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nérvnaja klétka",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "не́рвная кле́тка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neurona"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "nyuroni"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "neuron"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nervcell"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "nöron"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "sinir hücresi"
},
{
"alt": "細胞神經",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a cell of the nervous system",
"word": "tế bào thần kinh"
}
],
"word": "neuron"
}
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