nerve cell

noun

1. neuron.

nerve cell

noun

1. See neurone
   another name for neurone

nerve cell

1. See neuron

Word History and Origins

Origin of nerve cell¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Each time the pig’s snout found a treat in a researcher’s hand, a musical jingle sounded, indicating activity in her snout-controlling nerve cells.

From Science News

These pieces of misfolded proteins clutter together and are responsible for the death of nerve cells that eventually results in the first symptoms of dementia.

From Popular-Science

A whopping two-thirds of the nerve cells in an octopus reside in its arms, not its brain.

From Science News For Students

Right now, we’re working on a cortical slab of a human brain, where every synapse is identified automatically, every connection of every nerve cell is identifiable.

From Nautilus

Creating these neural bridges might help researchers design better replicas of complex nerve cell networks in the brain.

From Science News

Body of a nerve-cell of the spinal cord, specially stained so as to show the minute structure.

From Project Gutenberg

In every nerve-cell there is memory, and not only so, but there is memory in every organic element of the body.

From Project Gutenberg

In a word, the central nerve cell had sprung suddenly into clear view.

From Project Gutenberg

A most interesting body it proved, this nerve cell, or ganglion cell, as it came to be called.

From Project Gutenberg

In a word, it was shown that each central nerve cell, with its fibrillar offshoots, is an isolated entity.

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