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"AXONS" is a plural of: axon. |
Date "AXONS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Nerve fibers that are capable of rapidly conducting impulses away from the neuron cell body. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: AXONS |
| English words defined with "AXONS": medullary sheath, myelin sheath ♦ nodes of Ranvier ♦ Ranvier's nodes. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AXONS": Dentate Gyrus ♦ Ganglia, Autonomic, Ganglia, Sensory, Growth Cones ♦ Interneurons ♦ Mossy Fibers, Hippocampal ♦ Nerve Degeneration, Nerve Fibers, Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, Neuropil ♦ Olfactory Receptor Neurons ♦ Peripheral Nerves, Polyradiculoneuropathy, Posterior Horn Cells, Presynaptic Terminals, Pyramidal Cells ♦ Retinal Ganglion Cells ♦ Schwann Cells, Spinal Nerve Roots. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Axons and dendrites collectively are called neurites. (references) | |
Such tissue also presents fewer obstacles to growing axons. (references) | ||
It is necessary for transport of substances along the axons. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "AXONS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AXONS" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 93 | 34,067 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "AXONS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Purkinje-axoner (Purkinje axons), klatretråde (climbing axons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kruipperiode (climbing axons, crawling age). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | axones des cellules de Purkinje (Purkinje axons), activité axonale synchrone (spontaneous firing of axons), potentiel d'action d'axones (impulses fired by axons), fibres grimpantes (climbing axons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Axonen-Aktionspotential (impulses fired by axons), synchrone Neuronen-Aktivität (spontaneous firing of axons), Purkinje-Axone (Purkinje axons), Kletterfasern (climbing axons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανιούσες ίνες (climbing axons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | attivit assonica sincrona (spontaneous firing of axons), potenziale d'azione degli assoni (impulses fired by axons), fibre rampicanti (climbing axons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | axonsay axonas de Purkinje (Purkinje axons), potencial de acción de axones (impulses fired by axons), fibras ascendentes (climbing axons), descarga espontánea de los axones (spontaneous firing of axons). (various references) spontant fyrande axon (spontaneous firing of axons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AXONS": claxons, klaxons, monaxons, neuraxons, subtaxons, taxons. (additional references) | |
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"AXONS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeons, agons, amons, aons, avons, axan, axine, axions, axn, axone, axones, axont, axony, Axos, axunes, axuns, axxon, axyn, azon, azons, exons, ixon, saxones, saxons, taxons, xano, xaon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AXONS" (pronounced a"ksÄ'nz) |
| 4 | -s Ä' n z | liaisons. |
| 3 | -Ä' n z | ailerons, Amazons, antiphons, crayons, deuterons, echelons, helicons, Hogans, icons, marathons, mesons, microns, neons, neutrons, nylons, pentagons, photons, pompons, positrons, protons, pylons. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-o-s-x" | |
-1 letter: axon, naos. | |
-2 letters: nos, ons, sax, son, sox. | |
-3 letters: an, as, ax, na, no, on, os, ox, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-o-s-x" | |
+1 letter: axions, axones, saxony, taxons. | |
+2 letters: anoxias, anxious, claxons, dioxans, hexosan, klaxons, sandbox, saxhorn. | |
+3 letters: alloxans, axonemes, coxswain, dioxanes, hexagons, hexosans, monaxons, nontaxes, oxazines, oxidants, sardonyx, saxhorns, saxonies, siloxane, subtaxon, xanthous. | |
+4 letters: anatoxins, anorexias, anorexics, anorexies, anoxemias, anxiously, bandboxes, coannexes, coxswains, exactions, expandors, expansion, fixations, flexagons, gloxinias, laxations, luxations, naloxones, neuraxons, nonsexual, sandboxes, saxitoxin, saxophone, siloxanes, subtaxons, taxations, toxicants, vexations, xanthomas, xanthones. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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