zygoneure

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪɡənjʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

zygoneure (plural zygoneures)

1. (anatomy, obsolete) A neuron that connects to other nerve cells.
   • 1895, Science‎^[1], volume 2, page 778:

     The cells of the nerve roots (cellules radiculaires, von Gehuchten), could be called rhizoneures, the columnar cells (cellules des cordons), aromeures; commissural cells (cellules des voies courtes) would be zygoneures; long-path cells like those of the pyramidal tract (cellules des voies longues) would be maerodromic neures, from Gr. μακρς, δρόμος, long course.

   • 1896, New York Medical Journal‎^[2], volume 63, page 374:

     Zygoneures lie mostly within the cerebro spinal axis, some cells of the sympathetic system offering an exception.

   • 1976, The Soviet Journal of Marine Biology, page 164:

     The absence of a zygoneure, which is characteristic for the majority of Rissoidea, can be considered a consequence of decreased body measurements and results in a centralization of the nervous system.