Dendrite  

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Etymology

From δενδρίτης, of or pertaining to a tree.

Noun

  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




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