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

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