dendron
noun
a dendrite.
dendron
1 American
[den-dron]
/ ˈdɛn drɒn /
noun
Anatomy.
dendrons,
plural
dendra
plural
-dendron
2
American
dendron
British
/ ˈdɛndrɒn /
noun
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.
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Etymology
Origin of dendron
1890–95; < New Latin < Greek déndron tree
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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 ● Nov. 21, 2024
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 ● Dec. 23, 2012
The apex terminates in a dendron which reaches into the molecular layer, giving off several collateral horizontal branches in its course.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
In a non-polar solvent like methylcyclohexane, chlorophyll derivatives with smaller second-generation dendrons were stacked into helical fibers, while those with bulkier, third-generation dendrons remained in smaller, disc-shaped aggregates.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
They have a rounded body giving off many branching dendrons to their immediate neighbourhood and one long neuraxon which runs parallel to the surface and to the long axis of the lamina.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
It presupposes an active interposition of the glia cells between the axon of one neuron and the dendrons of another.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
The contact of the axon of one neuron with the dendrons of another is called a synapse.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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