Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nerve_cell

1 sense of nerve cell

Sense 1
nerve cell, neuron -- (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)
       => somatic cell, vegetative cell -- (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells";)