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/ˈdɛndɹaɪt/ · noun
(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron..
Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people.
A typical brain neuron has perhaps a thousand little wires, called dendrites, which connect it with its fellows.
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Dendrite means (cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron..
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Little copses of television antennas. Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people.
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