dendrite
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Equivalent to dendr- + -ite.
Pronunciation
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Noun
dendrite (plural dendrites)
- (cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
- 1970, Saul Bellow, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1971, Chapter 1, pp. 12–13 (online edition)
- Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people.
- 1979, Carl Sagan, “Can We Know the Universe? Reflections on a Grain of Salt” in John Carey (ed.), Eyewitness to Science, Harvard University Press, 1997, p. 437
- A typical brain neuron has perhaps a thousand little wires, called dendrites, which connect it with its fellows.
- 1970, Saul Bellow, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1971, Chapter 1, pp. 12–13 (online edition)
- (cytology) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
- (crystallography, metallurgy) Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
- A hermit who lived in a tree
Derived terms
Translations
projection of a nerve cell
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crystal
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hermit
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “relating to trees”), from δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dendrite f (plural dendrites)
Further reading
- “dendrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
dendrite m (plural dendriti)
- dendrite (all senses)
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