-dendron

¹ American  

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

   rhododendron.

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dendron ² American  

[den-dron] / ˈdɛn drɒn /

noun

Anatomy.

PLURAL

dendrons, dendra

1. a dendrite.

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dendron British  

/ ˈdɛndrɒn /

noun

1. another name for dendrite

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Usage

What does -dendron mean? 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 déndron, 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 Words That Use dendro- article.Other variants of dendro- include dendr-, as in dendrite, and dendri-, as in dendriform.

Other Word Forms

• dendric adjective

Etymology

Origin of dendron

1890–95; < New Latin < Greek déndron tree

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.

From Science Daily

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

From Washington Times

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.

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

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.

From Project Gutenberg