| Pronunciation: | | 'dendrIt
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[n] short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron |
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DENDRITE is a 8 letter word that starts with D. |
| | See Also: | | nerve cell, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, neuron |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Den"drite\, n. [Gr. dendri`ths, fem. dendri^tis, of a
tree, fr. de`ndron a tree: cf. F. dendrite.] (Min.)
A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures
resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral,
usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a
crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold
or silver; an arborization.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a thread-like extension from a nerve cell that serves as an antenna to receive messages from the axons of other nerve cells. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A long extension of the cytoplasm of a neuron with thin, treelike branches. It receives nerve signals and transmits them to the main body of the cell (called the cyton). |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | a branchlike projection from a cell. |
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