Anaxon

/əˈnæk.sɑn/ noun

A nerve cell or neuron that lacks an axon, the long projection that normally carries signals away from a nerve cell.

From Greek 'an-' (without) + 'axon' (axis, axle). The term was coined in neurology to describe atypical nerve cells lacking the characteristic long extension called an axon.

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