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• Axodendritic

  axodendritic axodendritic ax·o·den·drit·ic (āk’sō-děn-drĭt’ĭk) adj. Relating to or being a synapse between the axon of one nerve cell and the dendrite of another.

• Axoaxonic

  axoaxonic axoaxonic ax·o·ax·on·ic (āk’sō-āk-sŏn’ĭk) adj. Relating to or being a synapse between the axon of one nerve cell and the axon of another such cell.

• Axofugal

  axofugal axofugal ax·of·u·gal (āk-sŏf’yə-gəl, -sŏf’ə-, āk’sə-fyōō’gəl) adj. Variant of axifugal.

• Axolemma

  noun the membrane that encloses the axon of a nerve cell axolemma ax·o·lem·ma (āk’sō-lěm’ə) n. The plasma membrane of an axon. Also called Mauthner’s sheath.

• Axolotl

  any of several salamanders of the genus Ambystoma that inhabit lakes and ponds of Mexico and remain in the larval stage as sexually mature adults. Historical Examples Postscript; dryness of the air the probable cause of the assumed reversion of the Amblystoma to the axolotl, 613. Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and […]

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