motoneuron

Questions about motoneuron

What does motoneuron mean?

motoneuron means "a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord".

How many syllables are in motoneuron?

motoneuron has 5 syllables and divides as mo-to-ne-u-ron 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 motoneuron?

Close synonyms include motor neuron, efferent neuron, motor nerve fiber. 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 motoneuron a common word?

motoneuron 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.