dendrite

dendrite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Equivalent to dendr- +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛndɹaɪt/

Noun

dendrite (plural dendrites)

1. (cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
   • 1970, Saul Bellow, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1971, Chapter 1, pp. 12–13 (online edition)

     Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people.

   • 1979, Carl Sagan, “Can We Know the Universe? Reflections on a Grain of Salt” in John Carey (ed.), Eyewitness to Science, Harvard University Press, 1997, p. 437

     A typical brain neuron has perhaps a thousand little wires, called dendrites, which connect it with its fellows.

2. (cytology) Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
3. (crystallography, metallurgy) Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
4. 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／树突 (zh) (shùtū) Dutch: dendriet (nl) m Finnish: dendriitti (fi), tuojahaarake French: dendrite (fr) f Greek: δενδρίτης (el) m (dendrítis) Italian: dendrite (it) m Japanese: 樹状突起 (じゅじょうとっき, jujō tokki) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: dendrît (ku) m, liq û pop m 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

Bulgarian: дендрит (dendrit) Finnish: dendriitti (fi) Japanese: 忍石 (しのぶいし, shinobuishi) Portuguese: dendrito m

hermit

Italian: dendrita m Portuguese: dendrita m

See also

• axon
• neuron
• synapse

Anagrams

• dirtened, tindered

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “relating to trees”), from δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.dʁit/

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Noun

dendrite f (plural dendrites)

1. dendrite

Further reading

• “dendrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈdri.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: den‧drì‧te

Noun

dendrite m (plural dendriti)

1. dendrite (all senses)

See also

• dendrita