A short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.
dendr+ite
Shared component: dendr · tree
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dendr
tree
Related forms: dendr · 2 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixeshaving a branched form resembling a tree.
dendr+itic
Shared component: dendr · tree