Dendrite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dendrite \Den"drite\, n. [Gr. dendri`ths, fem. dendri^tis, of a
     tree, fr. de`ndron a tree: cf. F. dendrite.] (Min.)
     A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures
     resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral,
     usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a
     crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold


     or silver; an arborization. Dendritic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dendrite
       n : short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron