All 4 Uses of
neuron
in
Oryx and Crake
- She wasn't stupid, said Jimmy's dad, she just didn't want to put her neuron power into long sentences.
p. 25.3neuron = a nerve or brain cell
- "Use your neurons," said Crake.
p. 74.4 *neurons = brain cells
- 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. 74.9neurons = nerve or brain cells
- God is a cluster of neurons, he'd maintained.
p. 157.7
Definition:
a nerve or brain cell; i.e., a cell specialized to conduct electric nerve impulses