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dendron
1[den-dron]
noun
plural
dendrons, dendraa dendrite.
-dendron
2variant of dendro- as final element of a compound word.
rhododendron.
dendron
/ ˈɛԻɒ /
noun
another name for dendrite
Other 51Թ Forms
- dendric adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dendron1
Example Sentences
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.
The first clinic in Surry County was held Feb. 6 at the high school in the small town of Dendron.
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.
He and Dr. Cohn coined the term, whose Greek root, “dendron,” or “tree,” refers to the branched projections that the cells develop.
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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When To Use
The combining form -dendron is used like a suffix meaning “tree.” It is used in some medical and scientific terms, including in neurology and botany.The form -dendron comes from the Greek éԻDz, meaning “tree.” This Greek root was also ultimately borrowed into English as dendron, another term for a dendrite, the treelike branches at the end of neurons, also called nerve cells.The form -dendron is a variant of dendro-, a corresponding form combined to the beginning of words.Want to know more? Read our 51Թs That Use dendro- article.Other variants of dendro- include dendr-, as in dendrite, and dendri-, as in dendriform.
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