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Examples of growth cone in a Sentence
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Microtubules are in green, growth cones are in red.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2023
The tip of the axon, called a growth cone, senses chemicals drifting by.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2011
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Word History
First Known Use
1970, in the meaning defined above
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“Growth cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growth%20cone. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Medical Definition
growth cone
noun
: the specialized motile tip of an axon of a growing or regenerating nerve cell
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