axonal

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling an axon

   neuroscience

Questions about axonal

What does axonal mean?

axonal means "of or relating to or resembling an axon".

How many syllables are in axonal?

axonal has 3 syllables and divides as ax-o-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is axonal a common word?

axonal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.