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1. (n.) dendrite
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.
2. dendrite
any arborescent crystalline growth.
3. dendrite
any branching process of a neuron that conducts impulses toward the cell body.
Etymology: (1720–30; < Gk dendr&imacracute;tēs pertaining to a tree =déndr(on) tree +-ītēs -ite1)
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1. (noun) dendrite
short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
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1. (noun) dendrite
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
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