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Definition of: dendrite
(den′drīt) noun
1. Mineral. Any mineral crystallizing in a branching, treelike form; a rock or mineral with treelike markings.
2. Physiol. A filamentous, arborescent process of a nerve cell which conducts impulses toward the cell body. [<Gk. dendritēs of a tree]
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