axon

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The central thread in the axon is the axis cylinder.

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  1. noun The usually long process of a nerve fiber that generally conducts impulses away from the body of the nerve cell.

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  1. Greek axōn, axis.

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  1. from Greek ἂξων, axis: see axis, ax.
 

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/ˈæksɑn/
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