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dendron
[ den-dron ]
/ ˈdɛn drɒn /
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noun, plural den·drons, den·dra [den-druh]. /ˈdɛn drə/. Anatomy.
a dendrite.
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Origin of dendron
1890–95; <New Latin <Greek déndron tree
OTHER WORDS FROM dendron
dendric, adjectiveWords nearby dendron
dendrobium, dendrochronology, dendrogram, dendroid, dendrology, dendron, dendrophagous, dendrophilous, dene, Deneb, Denebola
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Medical definitions for dendron
dendron
[ dĕn′drŏn′ ]
n.
dendrite
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