See neuron in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"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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