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Axon vs Taxon - What's the difference?

axon | taxon |

As nouns the difference between axon and taxon

is that axon is axon while taxon is (taxonomy) any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies.

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 ----

    taxon

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia taxon) (taxa)
  • (taxonomy) Any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies
    • For a full list of taxa, see under taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * morphotaxon * supertaxon, supertaxa * subtaxon, subtaxa * taxonic * taxonically * taxonicity