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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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Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
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Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
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Topics: chemistry, crystallography, engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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A hermit who lived in a tree.
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Usage: historical
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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
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.
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Bulgarian:
дендри́т
(dendrít)
— projection of a nerve cell
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Catalan:
dendrita
— projection of a nerve cell
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Chinese Mandarin:
樹突 /树突
(shùtū)
— projection of a nerve cell
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Dutch:
dendriet
— projection of a nerve cell
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Finnish:
dendriitti
— projection of a nerve cell
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Finnish:
tuojahaarake
— projection of a nerve cell
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French:
dendrite
— projection of a nerve cell
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Greek:
δενδρίτης
(dendrítis)
— projection of a nerve cell
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Italian:
dendrite
— projection of a nerve cell
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Japanese:
樹状突起
(jujō tokki)
— projection of a nerve cell
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Northern Kurdish:
dendrît
— projection of a nerve cell
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Northern Kurdish:
liq û pop
— projection of a nerve cell
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Polish:
dendryt
— projection of a nerve cell
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Portuguese:
dendrito
— projection of a nerve cell
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Russian:
дендри́т
(dendrít)
— projection of a nerve cell
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Serbo-Croatian:
дендрит
— projection of a nerve cell
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Serbo-Croatian:
dendrit
— projection of a nerve cell
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Spanish:
dendrita
— projection of a nerve cell
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Swedish:
dendrit
— projection of a nerve cell
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Ukrainian:
дендри́т
(dendrýt)
— projection of a nerve cell
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Bulgarian:
дендрит
(dendrit)
— crystal
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Finnish:
dendriitti
— crystal
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Japanese:
忍石
(shinobuishi)
— crystal
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Polish:
dendryt
— crystal
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Portuguese:
dendrito
— crystal
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Ukrainian:
дендри́т
(dendrýt)
— crystal
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Italian:
dendrita
— hermit
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Polish:
pustelnik żyjący na drzewie
— hermit
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Portuguese:
dendrita
— hermit