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Dendrite: A short arm-like protuberance from a nerve cell (a neuron). Dendrites from neurons next to one another are tipped by synapses (tiny transmitters and receivers for chemical messages between the cells).
The word "dendrite" means "branched like a tree." It comes from the Greek "dendron" (tree).
See also neuron and axon.
n. A mineral crystallizing in another mineral in the form of a branching or treelike mark. A rock or mineral bearing such a mark or marks. A branched protoplasmic ...
dendrite /den·drite/ (den´drīt) one of the threadlike extensions of the cytoplasm of a neuron; dendrites branch into treelike processes and compose most of the ...
noun 1. Petrology, Mineralogy . a. a branching figure or marking, resembling moss or a shrub or tree in form, found on or in certain stones or minerals due to the ...
Definition of DENDRITE. 1: a branching treelike figure produced on or in a mineral by a foreign mineral; also: the mineral so marked . 2: a crystallized arborescent form
den·drite (d n dr t) n. 1. a. A mineral crystallizing in another mineral in the form of a branching or treelike mark. b. A rock or mineral bearing such a mark or marks.