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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024den•drite /ˈdɛndraɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anatomya branching part of a nerve cell that carries impulses toward the cell body.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024den•drite (den′drīt),USA pronunciation n. - Rocks[Petrol., Mineral.]
- a branching figure or marking, resembling moss or a shrub or tree in form, found on or in certain stones or minerals due to the presence of a foreign material.
- any arborescent crystalline growth.
- Anatomythe branching process of a neuron that conducts impulses toward the cell. See diag. under neuron.
- Greek dendrí̄tēs pertaining to a tree, equivalent. to dendr- dendr- + -ītēs -ite1
- 1720–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dendrite /ˈdɛndraɪt/ n
Also called: dendron any of the short branched threadlike extensions of a nerve cell, which conduct impulses towards the cell body- a branching mosslike crystalline structure in some rocks and minerals
- a crystal that has branched during growth and has a treelike form
Etymology: 18th Century: from Greek dendritēs relating to a treedendritic /dɛnˈdrɪtɪk/, denˈdritical |