neuron

About 3.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
2. noun A nervure of an insect's wing.
3. noun A mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network.

Similar words

nerve cell glia nerve neural schwann brain cell neurone neurocyte nerve fiber nerve fibre

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neuronal neuronic neurons