DENDRITE


Meaning of DENDRITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈden-ˌdrīt ]

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 body of a neuron — see neuron illustration

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.