dendrite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛndɹaɪt/

Noun

dendrite (plural dendrites)

(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
(cytology) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
(crystallography, metallurgy) tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
A hermit who lived in a tree

Derived terms

dendritic

Translations

projection of a nerve cell

Bulgarian: дендри́т m (dendrít)
Catalan: dendrita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 樹突 (zh), 树突 (zh) (shùtū)
Dutch: dendriet (nl) m
Finnish: dendriitti (fi)
Greek: δενδρίτης m (dendrítis)
Italian: dendrite (it) m

Japanese: 樹状突起 (じゅじょうとっき, jujō tokki)
Portuguese: dendrito m
Russian: дендри́т (ru) m (dendrít)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дендрит m

Roman: dendrit (sh) m
Spanish: dendrita (es) f
Swedish: dendrit (sv)

crystal

Finnish: dendriitti (fi)
Japanese: 忍石 (しのぶいし, shinobuishi)

Portuguese: dendrito m

hermit

Italian: dendrita m

Portuguese: dendrita m

See also

Anagrams

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Italian

Noun

dendrite m (plural dendriti)

dendrite (all senses)

See also

dendrita

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