"dendrite" meaning in English

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Noun

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)
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  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 incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 15 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 25 19 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 31 16 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 27 17 29 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 entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 15 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 25 19 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 31 16 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 27 17 29 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)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apical dendrite, cytodendrite, dendritic, dendritogenesis, multidendrite, oblique dendrite, somatodendrite Related terms: axon, neuron, synapse

Inflected forms

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}
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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      "word": "apical dendrite"
    },
    {
      "word": "cytodendrite"
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      "word": "dendritic"
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    {
      "word": "dendritogenesis"
    },
    {
      "word": "multidendrite"
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      "word": "oblique dendrite"
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    {
      "word": "somatodendrite"
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      "word": "axon"
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          "ref": "1970, Saul Bellow, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1971, Chapter 1, pp. 12–13 (online edition)",
          "text": "Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people."
        },
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          "ref": "1979, Carl Sagan, “Can We Know the Universe? Reflections on a Grain of Salt”, in John Carey, editor, Eyewitness to Science, Harvard University Press, published 1997, page 437:",
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        "(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron."
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        "(cytology) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "word": "樹突"
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      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "word": "树突"
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      "word": "dendriet"
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    {
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      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "word": "dendriitti"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "word": "tuojahaarake"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dendrite"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "dendrítis",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δενδρίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dendrite"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅじょうとっき",
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      "roman": "jujō tokki",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "word": "樹状突起"
    },
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "dendrît"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liq û pop"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dendrito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дендри́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "дендрит"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dendrit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dendrita"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "word": "dendrit"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "dendrýt",
      "sense": "projection of a nerve cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "crystal",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "dendriitti"
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      "alt": "しのぶいし",
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      "word": "忍石"
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      "code": "uk",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hermit",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hermit",
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    "dendrite"
  ],
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}

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