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