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"NEURONS" is a plural of: neuron. |
Date "NEURONS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the nervous system. (references) |
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Photomicrograph of brain tissue from a West Nile encephalitis patient, showing antigen-positive neurons and neuronal processes (in red). Credit: CDC. | Histology of normal anterior horn neurons of cervical spinal cord. Cresyl violet stain. Credit: CDC. | ||
The poliovirus has an affinity for the anterior horn motor neurons of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Death of these cells causes muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons. Credit: CDC. | When the neurons themselves die Wallerian degeneration takes place resulting in muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons (denervated). The degree of paralysis is directly correlated to the number of deceased neurons. Credit: CDC. | ||
When spinal neurons die, Wallerian degeneration takes place resulting in muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons (denervated). The degree of paralysis is directly correlated to the number of deceased neurons. Credit: CDC. | |||
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Health | The third process is the repair of injured neurons. (references) | |
As the hippocampal neurons degenerate, short-term memory falters. (references) | ||
Muscle cells need calcium to contract, neurons to transmit signals. (references) | ||
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| "NEURONS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.67% of the time. "NEURONS" is used about 302 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) | 99.67% | 301 | 16,714 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 302 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "NEURONS": Motor Neurons ♦ Olfactory Receptor Neurons. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "NEURONS": x-neurons. | |
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| Language | Translations for "NEURONS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keinotekoinen neuraaliverkko (artificial neural network, network of artificial neurons), hopeavärjäys (staining neurons with silver salts), hermosolukato (shrinkage of neurons), hermosolujen erikoistuminen (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | synchronisation neuronale du cortex visuel (correlated neurons in the visual cortex), réseau de neurones artificiels (artificial neural network, network of artificial neurons), différenciation neuronale (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation), différenciation des neurones (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation), destruction oxydative des neurones (oxidative damage in neurons), dégénérescence neuronale (degenerating neurons, shrinkage of neurons), dégénérescence des neurones (degenerating neurons), décharge neuronale (firing of neurons), décharge de neurones (firing of neurons), coloration des neurones par les sels d'argent (staining neurons with silver salts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Neuron-Färbemethode mittels Silbersalzen (staining neurons with silver salts), Neuronen-Verschwindung (shrinkage of neurons), Neuronenverlust (shrinkage of neurons), Neuronen abfeuern (firing of neurons), Netzwerk aus künstlichen Neuronen (artificial neural network, network of artificial neurons), oxidative Schäden an Neuronen (oxidative damage in neurons), korrelierte Neuronenaktivitäten in der Sehrinde (correlated neurons in the visual cortex), Degeneration der Neuronen (degenerating neurons), Ausdifferenzierung von Nervenzellen (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | scarica di neuroni (firing of neurons), scarica correlata tra neuroni nella corteccia visiva (correlated neurons in the visual cortex), rete artificiale di neuroni (artificial neural network, network of artificial neurons), perdita di neuroni (shrinkage of neurons), differenziamento neuronico (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation), differenziamento dei neuroni (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation), degenerazione dei neuroni (degenerating neurons), danno ossidativo nei neuroni (oxidative damage in neurons), colorazione dei neuroni con sali d'argento (staining neurons with silver salts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | euronsnay tinción de neuronas con sales de plata (staining neurons with silver salts), red de neuronas artificiales (artificial neural network, network of artificial neurons), diferenciación de neuronas (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation), descarga de neuronas (firing of neurons), degeneración de las neuronas (degenerating neurons), decadencia neural (shrinkage of neurons), daño oxidativo en las neuronas (oxidative damage in neurons). (various references) neuronal differentiering (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation), nervcells skrumpning (shrinkage of neurons), nätverk av konstgjorda neuron (artificial neural network, network of artificial neurons), korresponderande neuron i synbarken (correlated neurons in the visual cortex), färgning av neuron med silversalter (staining neurons with silver salts), differentiering av neuron (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "NEURONS": interneurons, motoneurons. (additional references) | |
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"NEURONS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: meuron, Narudon, Nauruans, necron, necros, negroni, nekron, nerines, neron, Nerone, n'eurent, neuro, neuroens, neurone, neurones, Niaruna, Niarunas, nuero, nueron, nureon, nuron. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "NEURONS" (pronounced nuh"rÄnz) |
| 4 | -r Ä n z | citron, electrons, interferons, negatrons. |
| 3 | -Ä n z | chlorofluorocarbons, tampons, zircons. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nonuser. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-n-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: neuron, nonuse, rouens. | |
-2 letters: euros, neons, nones, nouns, nurse, rouen, roues, rouse, runes, senor, snore. | |
-3 letters: eons, erns, eros, euro, neon, noes, none, nose, noun, nous, nuns, ones, onus, ores, ours, roes, rose, roue, rues, rune, runs, ruse, sone, sore, sorn, sour, suer, sunn, sure, urns, user. | |
-4 letters: ens, eon, ern, ers, nor, nos. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-n-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: fenurons, neurones, neutrons, nonusers, reunions, unperson, unreason. | |
+2 letters: neuraxons, neutrinos, nocturnes, nonsecure, preunions, renounces, roundness, roundsmen, sundowner, turnstone, unpersons, unreasons, unsounder, unthrones. | |
+3 letters: announcers, centurions, continuers, denouncers, encounters, gangrenous, groundsmen, innumerous, nonferrous, nonhunters, noninsured, nonserious, pronounces, renouncers, resounding, reunionist, rotundness, shotgunner, sundowners, truncheons, turnstones, uncensored, unconcerns, undertones, unforeseen, ungenerous, unreasoned. | |
+4 letters: benzofurans, coinsurance, concurrents, confounders, congenerous, congruences, connoisseur, counterions, countersign, countersink, countersunk, enshrouding, enunciators, forerunners, interfusion, interunions, intravenous, mavourneens, mensuration, monseigneur, motoneurons, nervousness, neurotoxins, nitrogenous, nonconsumer, noncustomer, nondurables, nonrecourse, nonreusable, nonroutines, nourishment, numerations, onerousness, pronouncers, quaternions, rencounters, resummoning, reunionists, roadrunners, roundedness, roundnesses, ruinousness, scuppernong, shotgunners, supernation, tenpounders, tournaments, unabsorbent, undercounts, uniformness, unobservant, unreasoning, unsoldering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 55 52 4F 4E 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . ..- .-. --- -. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01010101 01010010 01001111 01001110 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E U R O N S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0055 0052 004F 004E 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48395552494853 |
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