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dendrite

noun
🔊/ˈdendraɪt/
🔊/ˈdendraɪt/
(also dendron
🔊/ˈdendrɒn/
🔊/ˈdendrɑːn/
)
(biology生物)
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  1. a short branch at the end of a nerve cell that receives signals from other cells 树突（位于神经元末端的树枝状突起，接收其他神经元传来的信号）compare axonTopics Biologyc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from Greek dendritēs ‘tree-like’, from dendron ‘tree’.