Medical term:

dendritic

[den-drit´ik]

1. branched like a tree.

2. pertaining to or possessing dendrites.

den·drit·ic

(den-drit'ik),

1. Synonym(s): dendriform

2. Relating to the dendrites of nerve cells.

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dendritic

(dĕn-drĭt′ĭk) also

dendritical

(-ĭ-kəl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a dendrite.

2. Of or relating to a dendritic cell.

3. Dendriform.

den·drit′i·cal·ly adv.

den·drit·ic

(den-drit'ik)

1. Synonym(s): dendriform.

2. Relating to the dendrites of nerve cells.

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dendrite

(den'drit?) [Gr. dendrites, pert. to a tree]

DENDRITES

A short spike-shaped cell process. The term usually refers to the branched, tapering cell processes of neurons. Incoming synapses form on the neuronal dendrites, which often arborize, sometimes extensively. Synonym: dendron See: illustration

extracapsular dendrite

A dendrite of a neuron of autonomic ganglia that pierces the capsule surrounding the cell and extends for a considerable distance from the cell body.

intracapsular dendrite

A dendrite of a neuron of autonomic ganglia that branches beneath the capsule of the ganglion, forming a network about the cell body.

dendritic (den-drit'ik), adjective

Dendritic

Branched like a tree.

Mentioned in: Histiocytosis X

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