"dendrite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛndɹaɪt/ [UK] Forms: dendrites [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Equivalent to dendr- + -ite. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|δενδρίτης||of or pertaining to a tree}} Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”), {{confix|en|dendr-|-ite}} dendr- + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} dendrite (plural dendrites)
  1. (cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron. Categories (topical): Cytology Translations (projection of a nerve cell): дендри́т (dendrít) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dendrita [feminine] (Catalan), 樹突 (Chinese Mandarin), 树突 (shùtū) (Chinese Mandarin), dendriet [masculine] (Dutch), dendriitti (Finnish), tuojahaarake (Finnish), dendrite [feminine] (French), δενδρίτης (dendrítis) [masculine] (Greek), dendrite [masculine] (Italian), 樹状突起 (jujō tokki) (alt: じゅじょうとっき) (Japanese), dendrît [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), liq û pop [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), dendrito [masculine] (Portuguese), дендри́т (dendrít) [masculine] (Russian), дендрит [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dendrit [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dendrita [feminine] (Spanish), dendrit (Swedish), дендри́т (dendrýt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dendrite-en-noun-GO70l09s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dendr-, English terms suffixed with -ite, English undefined derivations, Fractals Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 24 14 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dendr-: 33 24 14 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 34 24 15 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 23 15 27 Disambiguation of Fractals: 37 24 12 27 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'projection of a nerve cell': 69 17 6 8
  2. (cytology) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system. Categories (topical): Cytology
    Sense id: en-dendrite-en-noun-~o1yIUj7 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with dendr- Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 37 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dendr-: 33 24 14 28 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. (crystallography, metallurgy) Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes Categories (topical): Crystallography, Metallurgy Translations (crystal): дендрит (dendrit) (Bulgarian), dendriitti (Finnish), 忍石 (shinobuishi) (alt: しのぶいし) (Japanese), dendrito [masculine] (Portuguese), дендри́т (dendrýt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dendrite-en-noun-X4QnsiLY Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dendr- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dendr-: 33 24 14 28 Topics: chemistry, crystallography, engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'crystal': 0 0 100 0
  4. A hermit who lived in a tree Translations (hermit): dendrita [masculine] (Italian), dendrita [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-dendrite-en-noun-q1DujzE- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dendr- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dendr-: 33 24 14 28 Disambiguation of 'hermit': 4 5 2 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apical dendrite, dendritic, oblique dendrite Related terms: axon, neuron, synapse

Noun [French]

IPA: /dɑ̃.dʁit/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-dendrite.wav Forms: dendrites [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “relating to trees”), from δένδρον (déndron, “tree”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|grc|δενδρίτης|t=relating to trees}} Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “relating to trees”), {{m|grc|δένδρον|t=tree}} δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} dendrite f (plural dendrites)
  1. dendrite Wikipedia link: fr:dendrite Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Cytology
    Sense id: en-dendrite-fr-noun-WMlCzU6h Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /denˈdri.te/ Forms: dendriti [plural]
Rhymes: -ite Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} dendrite m (plural dendriti)
  1. dendrite (all senses) Wikipedia link: it:dendrite Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Crystallography, Cytology, Metallurgy Related terms: dendrita
    Sense id: en-dendrite-it-noun-pjl9O8-V Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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