English-Thai Dictionary
dendrite
N สาขา กิ่ง ของ เซล ประสาท
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DENDRITE
n.[Gr. A tree. ] A stone or mineral on or in which are the figures of shrubs or trees; an arborescent mineral.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DENDRITE
Den "drite, n. Etym: [Gr. dendrite. ] (Min. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dendrite
den drite |ˈdendrīt ˈdɛnˌdraɪt | ▶noun 1 Physiology a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body. Compare with axon. 2 a crystal or crystalline mass with a branching, treelike structure. • a natural treelike or mosslike marking on a piece of rock or mineral. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from Greek dendritēs ‘treelike, ’ from dendron ‘tree. ’
Oxford Dictionary
dendrite
dendrite |ˈdɛndrʌɪt | ▶noun 1 Physiology a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body. Compare with axon. 2 a crystal or crystalline mass with a branching, tree-like structure. • a natural tree-like or moss-like marking on a rock or mineral. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from Greek dendritēs ‘tree-like ’, from dendron ‘tree ’.
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