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dendrite

/ˈdɛndɹaɪt/

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

Noun

dendrite (plural dendrites)

  1. A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
    • Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people.1970, Saul Bellow, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1971, Chapter 1, pp. 12–13 (online edition)
    • A typical brain neuron has perhaps a thousand little wires, called dendrites, which connect it with its fellows.1979, Carl Sagan, “Can We Know the Universe? Reflections on a Grain of Salt”, in John Carey, editor, Eyewitness to Science, Harvard University Press, published 1997, page 437
  2. Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
  3. Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
  4. (historical) A hermit who lived in a tree.

dendrite meaning in Tamil

dendrite in Tamil

சிறு நரம்பு இழை, டென்றைட்டு

Examples of dendrite in a sentence

  • His seven-year-old brain fires and rewires, building arborized axons, dendrites, those tiny spreading trees.
  • Each neuron, actually, has one neurofiber but many dendrites stretch from within out.
  • Meanwhile, their caulescence distribution falls above both axons and dendrites, similar to maximum branch order.

All 10 example sentences with dendrite

Forms of dendrite

pluraldendrites

Origin of dendrite

From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Equivalent to dendr- + -ite.

Words formed from dendrite

Questions about dendrite

What does dendrite mean?
Dendrite means a slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
What is dendrite in Tamil?
Dendrite in Tamil is சிறு நரம்பு இழை, டென்றைட்டு. See Dendrite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dendrite?
Dendrite is a noun.
How do you pronounce dendrite?
Dendrite is pronounced /ˈdɛndɹaɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of dendrite?
The plural of dendrite is dendrites.

Words near dendrite in the dictionary

  1. dendrimersomes
  2. dendriole
  3. dendrioles
  4. dendriplex
  5. dendriplexes
  6. dendrite
  7. dendrites
  8. dendritic
  9. dendritic cell
  10. dendritic cells
  11. dendritic spine

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