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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDendrite
/ˈdɛn.draɪt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A short, branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.
"Signals from neighboring neurons are received by the dendrites and passed along to the cell body." - 2
A crystal or mineral marking that has a branching, tree-like shape resembling vegetation.
"The gemstone featured intricate black manganese dendrites embedded within the quartz."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Modern Latin word 'dendrites', which traces back to the Ancient Greek 'dendrītēs' meaning 'pertaining to a tree', originating from 'dendron' (tree). The term was initially adopted in mineralogy in the late 18th century to describe tree-like crystal formations, and later applied in neuroanatomy to describe the branching, tree-like structures of neurons.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dendrite" is said worldwide
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dendrite
Transliteration: /dɑ̃.dʁit/
"Les dendrites reçoivent les signaux chimiques des autres neurones."
Dendrit
Transliteration: /dɛnˈdʁiːt/
"Die Dendriten leiten elektrische Impulse zum Zellkörper weiter."
dendrite
Transliteration: /denˈdrite/
"I dendriti sono ramificazioni che ricevono gli impulsi nervosi."
dendrita
Transliteration: /denˈdɾita/
"Las dendritas aumentan la superficie disponible para recibir sinapsis."
dendrito
Transliteration: /dẽˈdɾitu/
"O impulso nervoso viaja do dendrito para o corpo celular."
द्रुमिका
Transliteration: drumika
"न्यूरॉन की द्रुमिकाएं अन्य तंत्रिका कोशिकाओं से संकेत प्राप्त करती हैं।"
树突
Transliteration: shù tū
"神经元的树突负责接收来自其他神经元的电信号。"
수상돌기
Transliteration: susang-dolgi
"수상돌기는 다른 신경 세포로부터 신호를 받아들입니다."
樹状突起
Transliteration: jujō tōki
"神経細胞の樹状突起は他のニューロンからの信号を受け取る。"
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