dendrite

Meaning

Noun

• A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
• Slender cell process emanating from the cell bodies of dendritic cells and follicular dendritic cells of the immune system.
• Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
• A hermit who lived in a tree

Origin

• From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης. Equivalent to dendr-- + --ite.