Thesaurus:neuron

Thesaurus

neuron

English

Noun

Sense: cell of the nervous system

Synonyms

• neuron

Hypernyms

• cell    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• soma
• neurite
• axon
• dendrite

Holonyms

• nervous system    [⇒ thesaurus]
• brain    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spinal cord
• somatic nervous system
• autonomic nervous system    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nerve    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ganglion

Further reading

• “neuron” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.