Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as dendrite, 3.

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  • noun cytology A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendrite.
  • 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

[Greek, tree; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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Coined from dendrite by E. A. SCHÄFER in 1893, by analogy with neuron

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • In order to be able to receive signals from other cells, nerve cells form complex extensions called dendrites (from the Greek 'dendron' meaning tree).

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • In order to be able to receive signals from other cells, nerve cells form complex extensions called dendrites (from the Greek 'dendron' meaning tree).

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • 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

  • He kept to one side of the stream, carefully rounding a massive dendron tree.

    Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow 2003

  • 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

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