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Definition
nerve or brain cell; i.e., a cell specialized to conduct electric nerve impulses
- "Use your neurons," said Crake.p. 74.5
neurons = brain cells
- She wasn't stupid, said Jimmy's dad, she just didn't want to put her neuron power into long sentences.p. 25.3
- He was doing a pretty good imitation of their Chemlab teacher — the use-your-neurons line, and that clipped, stiff delivery, sort of like a bark.p. 74.9
- God is a cluster of neurons, he'd maintained.p. 157.7
There are no more uses of "neuron" in Oryx and Crake.
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