dendrite

[den´drīt]

any of the threadlike extensions of the cytoplasm of a neuron; they typically branch into treelike processes, and compose most of the receptive surface of a neuron.

Dendrites in a multipolar neuron. From Dorland's, 2000.

den·drite

(den'drīt),

1. One of the two types of branching protoplasmic processes of the nerve cell (the other being the axon). Synonym(s): dendritic process, dendron, neurodendrite, neurodendron

2. A crystalline treelike structure formed during the freezing of an alloy.

[G. dendritēs, relating to a tree]

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dendron

(dĕn′drŏn′)

See dendrite.

den·drite

(den'drīt)

1. One of the two types of branching protoplasmic processes of the nerve cell (the other being the axon).
Synonym(s): dendritic process, dendron, neurodendrite.

2. A crystalline treelike structure formed during the freezing of an alloy.

[G. dendritēs, relating to a tree]

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dendron

See DENDRITE.

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dendron

see DENDRITE.

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