dendrite

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

dendron neurite neuron dendritic spine neurofiber axon spine dendrotomy apical dendrite neurone

Often followed by

of arm and is growth or tip arms to

Word family

dendrites