Definitions for dendrite

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dendrite den·drite

Spelling: [den-drahyt]

IPA: /ˈdɛn draɪt/

Dendrite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 193 anagrams from letters in dendrite (ddeeinrt).

Definitions for dendrite

noun

1. Petrology, Mineralogy. a branching figure or marking, resembling moss or a shrub or tree in form, found on or in certain stones or minerals due to the presence of a foreign material. any arborescent crystalline growth.
2. Anatomy. the branching process of a neuron that conducts impulses toward the cell.

Origin of dendrite

1720-30; Greek dendrī́tēs pertaining to a tree, equivalent to dendr- dendr- + -ītēs -ite¹

Examples for dendrite

These axon runners from one cell connect through synapses to dendrite runners on other cells.

dendrite, den′drīt, n. a mineral in which are figures resembling plants.