dendritic

[ den-drit-ik ]

adjective

1. formed or marked like a dendrite.
2. of a branching form; arborescent.

Other Words From

• den·driti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dendritic¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; dendrite + -ic

Example Sentences

The immunotherapy leverages dendritic cells, critical components of the immune system that normally identify infection and mobilize other elements of immunity to repel a microbial attack.

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Livingston says the artificial lymph node approach is different from a cancer vaccine, which typically activates a dendritic cell, an immune system component that teaches T-cells what to search for.

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The authors specifically found that optimal engagement needed to be between T cells and dendritic cells, a different type of white blood cell.

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This reaction leads to the generation of hydrogen gas and dendritic growth of the zinc, rendering the battery essentially unusable.

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Darnell, a physician-scientist, observed the importance of dendritic translation firsthand while working with patients whose immune systems had attacked the hippocampus.

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