dendrite

  • 31dendrite — noun Date: 1751 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 3. any of the usually branching protoplasmic processes that conduct impulses toward the …

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  • 32DENDRITE — s. f. T. d Hist. nat. Pierre sur laquelle on trouve des accidents qui représentent des buissons, des arbrisseaux, etc …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 33dendrite — n. [Gr. dendron, tree] Neural aborizations or branching fibrils that conduct impulses toward the neurocyte. dendritic adj …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 34dendrite — A long, branching outgrowth from a neuron, that carries electrical signals from synapses to the cell body; unlike an axon that carries electrical signals away from the cell body. This classical definition, however, lost some weight with the… …

    Dictionary of molecular biology

  • 35dendrite — /den druyt/, n. 1. Petrol., Mineral. 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 presence of a foreign material. b. any arborescent crystalline growth. 2. Anat …

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  • 36dendrite — noun a) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron. b) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune… …

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  • 37dendrite — (din dri t ) s. f. 1°   Terme de minéralogie. Pierre arborisée. •   On appelle ces pierres figurées dendrites, quand elles représentent des arbres, VOLT. Singul. 1.    Nom des dessins qui sont sur ces pierres. 2°   Arbre fossile. ÉTYMOLOGIE… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 38dendrite — Смотри Дендрит …

    Энциклопедический словарь по металлургии

  • 39dendrite — 1den·drì·te s.f. 1. TS cristall. aggregato cristallino arborescente 2. TS geol. aggregato cristallino, spec. di ossidi di ferro e manganese, simile a strutture vegetali, talora presente sulle superfici di strato di calcari e sim. {{line}}… …

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  • 40dendrite — dendrite1 pl.f. dendriti dendrite2 pl.m. dendriti …

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