One entry found for dendrite.

Main Entry: den·drite
Pronunciation: den-drt
Function: noun
1 : a branching figure (as in a mineral or stone) resembling a tree
2 : any of the usually branching extensions of a neuron over which impulses travel toward the cell body -- compare AXON
- den·drit·ic /den-drit-ik/ adjective

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