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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdendritisch
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dɛndʁɪtɪʃ
"Das Nervensystem weist ein komplexes dendritisches Netzwerk auf."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having a branched form resembling a tree.
"The mineral deposits formed beautiful dendritic patterns on the surface of the rock." - 2
Relating to or characteristic of a dendrite, especially a nerve cell process.
"Dendritic spines play a crucial role in synaptic plasticity and signal transmission in the brain."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'dendron', meaning 'tree', combined with the adjectival suffix '-itic'. It entered scientific English in the 19th century to describe branching structures resembling the shape of a tree, initially used in mineralogy and later adopted in neurology, immunology, and geology.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dendritic" is said worldwide
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dendritique
Transliteration: dãdritik
"Les cellules dendritiques jouent un rôle essentiel dans le système immunitaire."
dendritisch
Transliteration: dɛndʁɪtɪʃ
"Das Nervensystem weist ein komplexes dendritisches Netzwerk auf."
dendritico
Transliteration: dendritiko
"I cristalli mostrano una struttura dendritica unica."
dendrítico
Transliteration: dendɾitiko
"Las ramificaciones dendríticas permiten la conexión entre neuronas."
dendrítico
Transliteration: dendɾitiku
"O padrão dendrítico é comum em formações de cristais."
शाखायुक्त
Transliteration: shakhayukt
"मस्तिष्क में तंत्रिका कोशिकाओं की शाखायुक्त संरचना होती है।"
树状的
Transliteration: shù zhuàng de
"这块岩石展现出美丽的树状结晶。"
수지상의
Transliteration: sujisang-ui
"뉴런은 복잡한 수지상 돌기를 가지고 있습니다."
樹状の
Transliteration: jujō no
"樹状突起は神経細胞の間で情報を伝達します。"
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