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Axon vs Oxon - What's the difference?

axon | oxon |

As nouns the difference between axon and oxon

is that axon is axon while oxon is (organic chemistry) any organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative.

axon

English

Alternative forms

* axone

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
  • Derived terms

    * axonal * axonic * axotomy * axotomize * axonopathy

    See also

    * dendrite * neuron * synapse ----

    oxon

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Postal abbreviation for Oxfordshire
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (after a qualification) , used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
  • The Crown Proceedings Act, 1947. By J. R. Bickford Smith, b.a. (Oxon ), of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law

    See also

    * Cantab