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NERVE CELL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

Synonyms:

nerve cell; neuron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nerve cell" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Meronyms (parts of "nerve cell"):

axon; axone (long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron)

dendrite (short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve cell"):

gangliocyte; ganglion cell (a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system)

brain cell (a nerve cell in the brain)

efferent neuron; motoneuron; motor nerve fiber; motor neuron (a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord)

afferent neuron; sensory neuron (a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord)

Holonyms ("nerve cell" is a part of...):

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)

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 Context examples: 

A nerve cell with two processes.

(Bipolar Neuron, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of neurohormone (a chemical that is made by nerve cells and used to send signals to other cells).

(Catecholamine, NCI Dictionary)

This allele, which encodes eosinophil lysophospholipase protein, is involved in the stimulation of nerve cell survival and in B-cell proliferation.

(CLC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A nerve cell that employs dopamine as its neurotransmitter.

(Dopaminergic Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

People with Costello syndrome have an increased risk of certain types of cancer, such as rhabdomyosarcoma (a soft tissue tumor) and neuroblastoma (cancer of immature nerve cells).

(Costello syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Cancer that arises in immature nerve cells and affects mostly infants and children.

(Neuroblastoma, NCI Dictionary)

It mainly affects how nerve cells form and grow.

(Neurofibromatosis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

It can act as both a neurotransmitter (a chemical messenger used by nerve cells) and a hormone (a chemical that travels in the blood and controls the actions of other cells or organs).

(Noradrenaline, NCI Dictionary)

Your nose also contains the nerve cells that help your sense of smell.

(Nose Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

This allele, which encodes neuronal cell adhesion molecule protein, is involved in cellular adhesion in nerve cells.

(NRCAM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)