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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 dendrite.
2. 2
   A section of a dendrimer that includes the central atom or group.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A small village in South Cumbria, England.
2. 2
   A town in Surry County, Virginia, United States.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Coined from dendrite by E. A. Schäfer in 1893, by analogy with neuron.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

Related phrases

nerve cellnerve impulse

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