dendrite

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrites, “of or pertaining to a tree”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛndɹaɪt/

Noun

dendrite (plural dendrites)

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

Translations

projection of a nerve cell

• Bulgarian: дендрит (bg) (dendrit) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 树突 (cmn)

• Dutch: dendriet (nl) m
• Finnish: dendriitti (fi)

• Greek: δενδρίτης (el) (δenδrítis) m
• Japanese: 樹状突起 (ja) (じゅじょうとっき, jujō tokki)
• Serbo-Croatian: dendrit (sh) m

Derived terms

• dendritic

See also

• axon
• neuron
• synapse