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adendritic

adendritic adjective: not having a branching structure, not tree-like.

Adjective

adendritic (comparative more adendritic, superlative most adendritic)

  1. Not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
  2. (of a neuron) Not having dendrites.
  3. (of other cells) Not having cytoplasmic processes.

Forms of adendritic

comparativemore adendritic
superlativemost adendritic

Origin of adendritic

From a- + dendritic.

Questions about adendritic

What does adendritic mean?
Adendritic means not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
What part of speech is adendritic?
Adendritic is an adjective.

Words near adendritic in the dictionary

  1. adenalgia
  2. adenase
  3. Adenauer
  4. Adenauerian
  5. adendric
  6. adendritic
  7. adenectomies
  8. adenectomy
  9. Adenese
  10. Adeney
  11. Adeni

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