Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spindle neuron

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: spindle neu-ron
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a class of neurons with a spindle-shaped soma, a single apical axon, and a single dendrite.

Inflected Forms

spindle neurons (plural)

Synonyms

spindle cell von Economo neuron

Questions

What does spindle neuron mean?: One of a class of neurons with a spindle-shaped soma, a single apical axon, and a single dendrite.

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