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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| bouton |
| SYLLABICATION: | bou·ton |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -tôn |
| NOUN: | A knoblike enlargement at the end of an axon, where it forms a synapse with other neurons. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | French, button, from Old French. See button. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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