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dendrite

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɛndɹaɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, crystallography, engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A hermit who lived in a tree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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noun

Meaning 5

short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: nerve fiber, nerve fibre

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Equivalent to dendr- + -ite.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дендри́т (dendrít) — projection of a nerve cell
  • Catalan: dendrita — projection of a nerve cell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樹突 /树突 (shùtū) — projection of a nerve cell
  • Dutch: dendriet — projection of a nerve cell
  • Finnish: dendriitti — projection of a nerve cell
  • Finnish: tuojahaarake — projection of a nerve cell
  • French: dendrite — projection of a nerve cell
  • Greek: δενδρίτης (dendrítis) — projection of a nerve cell
  • Italian: dendrite — projection of a nerve cell
  • Japanese: 樹状突起 (jujō tokki) — projection of a nerve cell
  • Northern Kurdish: dendrît — projection of a nerve cell
  • Northern Kurdish: liq û pop — projection of a nerve cell
  • Polish: dendryt — projection of a nerve cell
  • Portuguese: dendrito — projection of a nerve cell
  • Russian: дендри́т (dendrít) — projection of a nerve cell
  • Serbo-Croatian: дендрит — projection of a nerve cell
  • Serbo-Croatian: dendrit — projection of a nerve cell
  • Spanish: dendrita — projection of a nerve cell
  • Swedish: dendrit — projection of a nerve cell
  • Ukrainian: дендри́т (dendrýt) — projection of a nerve cell
  • Bulgarian: дендрит (dendrit) — crystal
  • Finnish: dendriitti — crystal
  • Japanese: 忍石 (shinobuishi) — crystal
  • Polish: dendryt — crystal
  • Portuguese: dendrito — crystal
  • Ukrainian: дендри́т (dendrýt) — crystal
  • Italian: dendrita — hermit
  • Polish: pustelnik żyjący na drzewie — hermit
  • Portuguese: dendrita — hermit
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