Neuron vs Sinew - What's the difference?
neuron | sinew |
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
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, title= (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
(obsolete) A nerve.
(figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
(figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength (often plural).
* Shakespeare
* Sir Walter Raleigh
To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
* Goldsmith
As a proper noun neuron
is title of a peer reviewed journal established in 1988 by publisher cell press.As a noun sinew is
(anatomy) a cord or tendon of the body.As a verb sinew is
to knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.neuron
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Alternative forms
* neuroneNoun
(en-noun)The machine of a new soul, passage=The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons , work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.}}
Synonyms
* neurocyte * nerve cellDerived terms
* neural * neuralgia * neuritis * neurology * neuronal * neuronic * neuronally * neuroscience * neurosisSee also
* neura * neurode * (wikipedia "neuron")External links
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Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
- The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.
Derived terms
* sinewyVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
- Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.
