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dendrite |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dendrite \Den"drite\, n. [Gr. dendri`ths, fem. dendri^tis, of a tree, fr de`ndron a tree: cf F. dendrite.] (Min.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form e. g., gold or silver; an arborization. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dendrite n : short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
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