Dendrite

//ˈdɛndɹaɪt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron wordnet
  3. 3
    Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
  4. 4
    Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
  5. 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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