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dendritic spines

dendritic spines is the plural of dendritic spine.

Meaning of dendritic spine

Noun

dendritic spine (plural dendritic spines)

  1. A small membranous protrusion from the dendrite of a neuron that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse.
    Synonyms:
    gemmule

Questions about dendritic spines

What is dendritic spines the plural of?
Dendritic spines is the plural of dendritic spine.

Words near dendritic spines in the dictionary

  1. dendrites
  2. dendritic
  3. dendritic cell
  4. dendritic cells
  5. dendritic spine
  6. dendritic spines
  7. dendritical
  8. dendritically
  9. dendriticity
  10. dendritics
  11. dendritiform

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