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Definition of Dendrite

1. Noun. Short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron.

Definition of Dendrite

1. n. 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.

Definition of Dendrite

1. Noun. (cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron. ¹

2. Noun. (cytology) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system. ¹

3. Noun. (crystallography metallurgy) tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dendrite

1. a branched part of a nerve cell [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dendrite

1. A long, branching outgrowth or extension 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. Each nerve cell usually has many dendrites. This classical definition, however, lost some weight with the discovery of axo-axonal and dendro-dendritic synapses. (29 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Dendrite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Development of the Nervous System: From a Physiological Viewpoint by Charles Manning Child (1921)
"The dendrite is much less highly specialized morphologically than the axon ... We know practically nothing concerning conduction in the ordinary dendrite, ..."

2. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"At dendrite boundaries the slip bands of manganese steel may cross without sign of deflection, as in Fig. G of Plate 39. 430. The Persistency of Slip Bands. ..."

3. Report of the State Geologist by Erwin Hinckley Barbour, F. A. Carmony (1903)
"This occurs as blue and yellow nodules, and children grind these into colored inks, a use which led to the discovery of the mineral. Fig. 123.—dendrite or ..."

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