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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]
dendron
/den·dron/ (den´dron) dendrite.dendron
(dĕn′drŏn′)n.
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.
Synonym(s): dendritic process, dendron, neurodendrite.
2. A crystalline treelike structure formed during the freezing of an alloy.
[G. dendritēs, relating to a tree]
dendron
See DENDRITE.dendron
see DENDRITE.dendron
dendrite.