Associations to the word «Dendrites»

Wiktionary

DENDRITE, noun. (cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
DENDRITE, noun. (cytology) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
DENDRITE, noun. (crystallography) (metallurgy) tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
DENDRITE, noun. A hermit who lived in a tree

Dictionary definition

DENDRITE, noun. Short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras