dendrite

/หˆdษ›ndษนaษชt/

IPA: /D EH0 N D R IH1 T/

noun
  1. 1

    A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.

  2. 2

    Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.

  3. 3

    Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes

  4. 4

    A hermit who lived in a tree

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