Dendrite

Definitions

1. A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
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. A hermit who lived in a tree.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people.”

“A typical brain neuron has perhaps a thousand little wires, called dendrites, which connect⟳ it with its fellows.”

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