单词 | dendrite |
释义 | dendrite /den"druyt/, n. 1. Petrol. , Mineral. a. 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. b. any arborescent crystalline growth. 2. Anat. the branching process of a neuron that conducts impulses toward the cell. See diag. under neuron. [1720-30; < Gk dendrítes pertaining to a tree, equiv. to dendr- DENDR- + -ites -ITE1] |
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