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  "axonost":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of the interspinal bones supporting the dorsal and anal fins of a fish":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8aks\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin axon + English -ost":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100445"
  },
  "axoplasm":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the protoplasm of an axon":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1997, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "axo n + -plasm":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ak-s\u0259-\u02ccpla-z\u0259m",
      "\u02c8ak-s\u0259-\u02ccplaz-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103141",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "axopodium":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a semipermanent pseudopodium that consists of an axial rod surrounded by an ectoplasmic sheath and that is typically present in Radiolaria and Heliozoa":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin axopodium , from ax- + -podium":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccaks\u0259\u02c8p\u014dd\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075958",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "axon":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body \u2014 see neuron illustration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ak-\u02ccs\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then, once the voltage reaches a specific threshold, a pulse is fired along organic amplifiers that mimic a nerve cell axon . \u2014 Karen Hopkin, Scientific American , 30 June 2022",
      "Mice that already had amyloid pathology developed neuritic plaque tau, the axon -damaging form of the protein. \u2014 Jason Ulrich, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2021",
      "That may or may not result in a spike, or action potential, going out on the neuron\u2019s axon to the dendrites of post-synaptic neurons. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 Feb. 2021",
      "Information for both signals can be encoded in the spikes of electrical activity that the neuron sends down its axon as an output. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 Feb. 2021",
      "The brain also contains white matter, which insulates the axons , helping brain signals travel further, faster and encouraging motor and sensory function. \u2014 Jenni Gritters, New York Times , 5 May 2020",
      "This is an important finding because squid nerve cells are immense, with axons sometimes stretching several feet long. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "Research in several laboratories has found recently that OPCs can respond to neural impulse activity by dividing and maturing into myelin-forming oligodendrocytes, and increasing the number of myelinated axons . \u2014 R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "If cortical neurons get a lot of conversation from one eye and none from the other eye, axons representing the first eye grab all the synaptic spaces on the cortical neurons. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 24 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin axon , from Greek ax\u014dn":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1895, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154104"
  },
  "axoneme":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the fibrillar bundle of a flagellum or cilium that usually consists of nine pairs of microtubules arranged in a ring around a single central pair":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ak-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek ax\u014dn axis + n\u0113ma thread, from n\u0113n to spin \u2014 more at needle":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1901, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-185231"
  },
  "axolotl":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several salamanders (genus Ambystoma especially A. mexicanum and A. tigrinum ) of mountain lakes of Mexico and the western U.S. that ordinarily live and breed in the larval form without metamorphosing":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ak-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4-t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The axolotl , squishy mystery of an amphibian, lives beneath the surface of the water and its external gills crown its face like the headdress of an ancient warrior. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Zoo officials expect the pink axolotl will be a big hit with kids. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "An axolotl pulled from the waters of Xochimilco last month in Mexico City. \u2014 Sarah E. Needleman And Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Researchers published the first complete salamander genome, for the Mexican axolotl . \u2014 Douglas Fox, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "An essay on the axolotl , for example, includes descriptions of the salamander\u2019s charming smile and regenerative capabilities running parallel to tales of microaggressions a brown woman might experience through childhood and adulthood. \u2014 Deboki Chakravarti, Scientific American , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "More specifically, Godwin demonstrated that when an axolotl had too few of these immune cells to react to an injury, a missing body part couldn\u2019t be regrown and a scar appeared instead. \u2014 Mike Wehner, BGR , 3 June 2021",
      "Sure, some salamanders and other lizards and amphibians are capable of regenerating something like a tail, but the axolotl takes that ability and turns it up to the extreme. \u2014 Mike Wehner, BGR , 3 June 2021",
      "The previous record holder, the Mexican axolotl , has a genome made up of 32 billion base pairs. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Nahuatl \u0101x\u014dl\u014dtl":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1768, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215525"
  },
  "axoid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the axis vertebra":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ak\u02ccs\u022fid"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary ax- + -oid":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020243"
  },
  "axogamy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the condition of bearing sexual organs on a leafy stem":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ak\u02c8s\u00e4g\u0259m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ax- + -gamy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110541"
  },
  "axodendrite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a nonmedullated process branching laterally from a nerve-cell axon":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccaks\u0259\u02c8den\u02ccdr\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ax- + dendrite":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181445"
  },
  "Axonia":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": organisms having a distinct axis or axes":[
        "\u2014 opposed to Anaxonia"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ak\u02c8s\u014dn\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek ax\u014dn axis + New Latin -ia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-090126"
  },
  "axo-":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      "\u2014 see ax-":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235354"
  },
  "axono-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": axis":[
        "axono metry",
        "Axono phora"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek axon-, ax\u014dn axle, axis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023215"
  },
  "Axonolipa":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a suborder of Graptoloidea including all nondendroid forms lacking an axial support":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "aks\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4l\u0259p\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from axono- + -lipa (irregular from Greek leipein to leave, be lacking)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044401"
  },
  "axonometric":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being or prepared by the projection of objects on the drawing surface so that they appear inclined with three sides showing and with horizontal and vertical distances drawn to scale but diagonal and curved lines distorted":[
        "an axonometric drawing"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccak-s\u0259-n\u014d-\u02c8me-trik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An axonometric rendering here shows massive, Tokyo-style LED screens promoting GeoCities, Lycos and other children of the dot-com bubble, as well as a live broadcast from the stock exchange floor by a young Maria Bartiromo. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 11 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek ax\u014dn axis + English -metric":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-085707"
  },
  "Axonophora":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a suborder of Graptoloidea in which the colony has a virgula":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccaks\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4f(\u0259)r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from axono- + -phora":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101823"
  },
  "Axonopus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of American grasses with oblong one-flowered spikelets in one-sided spikelike racemes \u2014 see carpet grass":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ak\u02c8s\u00e4n\u0259p\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from axono- + -pus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144520"
  }
}