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Dendrite
//ˈdɛndɹaɪt// noun
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Noun
- 1 A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
"Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people."
- 2 short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron wordnet
- 3 Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
- 4 Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
- 5 A hermit who lived in a tree. historical
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Equivalent to dendr- + -ite.
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