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Meaning of dendritic spine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dendriticity dendritogenesis dendritopoiesis dendro dendroarchaeologist dendroarchaeology

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