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dendron

1

[ den-dron ]

noun

Anatomy.
plural dendrons, dendra
  1. a dendrite.


-dendron

2
  1. variant of dendro- as final element of a compound word:

    rhododendron.

dendron

/ ˈɛԻɒ /

noun

  1. another name for dendrite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • d adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dendron1

1890–95; < New Latin < Greek éԻDz tree
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Example Sentences

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They found that the helical fibers formed by the second-generation dendron chlorophylls exhibited a highly ordered structure, while the third-generation dendron chlorophylls displayed a more homogeneous, spherical shape.

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The first clinic in Surry County was held Feb. 6 at the high school in the small town of Dendron.

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Instead, with the assent of his supervisor at Rockefeller, the cell biologist Zanvil Cohn, Steinman declared his cells “dendritic,” from the Greek dendron for tree.

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He and Dr. Cohn coined the term, whose Greek root, “dendron,” or “tree,” refers to the branched projections that the cells develop.

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Their inner ends terminate in one or sometimes two stout processes which repeatedly branch dichotomously, thus forming a very elaborate dendron in the molecular layer.

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