nerve cell

Questions about nerve cell

What does nerve cell mean?

nerve cell means "a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses".

What is another word for nerve cell?

Close synonyms include neuron. 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 nerve cell a common word?

nerve cell 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.