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dendrites

dendrites is the plural of dendrite.

Meaning of dendrite

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)
  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.

Phrases with dendrites

Questions about dendrites

What is dendrites the plural of?
Dendrites is the plural of dendrite.

Words near dendrites in the dictionary

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

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