dendrite

名词 n.
/ˈdɛndɹaɪt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
  3. Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
  4. A hermit who lived in a tree. historical

词形变化

dendrites plural

词源

From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Equivalent to dendr- + -ite.
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