English dictionary: words starting with axo

noun

A mexican salamander that in natural conditions retains its aquatic larval form throughout life but is able to breed.

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A number of salamanders, such as the north american ‘mudpuppy’ and the mexican axolotl, develop leg…

noun

The long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.

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In contrast to the innervation of the proximal esophagus, axons from vagal neurons synapse within g…

adjective

Relating to an axon or axons (= thread-like structures attached to a nerve cell that send out signals away from the cell)

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These proteins regulate axonal growth during the development of the central nervous system., the gr…

adjective

Using or denoting an orthographic projection of an object, such as a building, on a plane inclined to each of the three principal axes of the object; three-dimensional but without perspective.

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But while their drawings could be visionary, they were graphically quite conventional perspective o…

noun

The long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.

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In contrast to the innervation of the proximal esophagus, axons from vagal neurons synapse within g…

noun

The cytoplasm of a nerve axon.

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The brightness and density of mito-gfp labeling within presynaptic boutons provides a rough estimat…