Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
dendrite , 3.
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- noun cytology A slender projection of a
nerve cell which conductsnerve impulses from asynapse to the body of the cell; adendrite . - noun chemistry A section of a
dendrimer that includes the central atom or group.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The dyedron is based on a special type of tree-like structure called a dendron, with one malachite green molecule acting as the trunk and several Cy3 molecules acting as the branches.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The dyedron is based on a special type of tree-like structure called a dendron, with one malachite green molecule acting as the trunk and several Cy3 molecules acting as the branches.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In order to be able to receive signals from other cells, nerve cells form complex extensions called dendrites (from the Greek 'dendron' meaning tree).
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In order to be able to receive signals from other cells, nerve cells form complex extensions called dendrites (from the Greek 'dendron' meaning tree).
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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In order to be able to receive signals from other cells, nerve cells form complex extensions called dendrites (from the Greek 'dendron' meaning tree).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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In order to be able to receive signals from other cells, nerve cells form complex extensions called dendrites (from the Greek 'dendron' meaning tree).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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In order to be able to receive signals from other cells, nerve cells form complex extensions called dendrites (from the Greek 'dendron' meaning tree).
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In order to be able to receive signals from other cells, nerve cells form complex extensions called dendrites (from the Greek 'dendron' meaning tree).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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He kept to one side of the stream, carefully rounding a massive dendron tree.
Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow 2003
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Partington_, told me that SYDNEY SMITH'S last years were overclouded by his inability to discover the riddle to which the answer is contained in the words, "The one rode a horse and the other rode a dendron."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 Various
missanthropist commented on the word dendron
Greek Tree.
July 11, 2008