axone

Questions about axone

What does axone mean?

axone means "long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron".

How many syllables are in axone?

axone has 2 syllables and divides as ax-one 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.

What is another word for axone?

Close synonyms include axon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is axone a common word?

axone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.