dendrite

n. a branching, threadlike extension of the cell body that increases the receptive surface of a neuron. The full arrangement of the dendrites of a single neuron is termed a dendritic tree, and the specific pattern and quality of that arrangement is termed dendritic branching. See also arborization. —dendritic adj. [from Greek dendron, “tree”]

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