dendritic
/den'dritik/ Cách viết khác : (dendritical) /den'dritikəl/ (dendroid) /den'drɔid/ (dendroida
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Definition
- Adjective:
- (Biology/Neuroscience) Resembling or relating to a dendrite: Having a branched, tree-like structure, characteristic of certain cells, minerals, or formations.
- (General) Branching like a tree: Describing any pattern or structure that divides into smaller, similar parts, resembling the branches of a tree.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The neuron had a highly dendritic structure to receive signals.
- Under the microscope, the mineral exhibited a beautiful dendritic pattern.
- The river's dendritic drainage system covered the entire valley.
Advanced Usage
- "dendritic cell": A specific type of immune cell with a branched structure that presents antigens to other cells.
- Dendritic cells are crucial for initiating an immune response.
- "dendritic growth": A pattern of crystal formation that results in tree-like branches.
- The frost on the window formed intricate dendritic growth overnight.
Variants and Related Words
- Dendrite (n): The primary branching projection of a neuron or a crystal formation.
- The dendrite transmits electrical stimulation to the cell body.
- Dendroid (adj): An alternative term meaning tree-shaped or dendritic.
- The fossil showed a dendroid structure.
- Dendrology (n): The scientific study of trees and woody plants.
- His passion for dendrology led him to become a forest ecologist.
Synonyms
- Branched: Having divisions extending from a main part.
- Arborescent: Tree-like in growth or form.
- Ramified: Divided into branches or offshoots.
Related Phrases
- Dendritic pattern: A specific arrangement that is branching and tree-like.
- The geologist identified the rock by its unique dendritic pattern.
- Dendritic spine: A small protrusion on a neuron's dendrite that receives input.
- Synaptic connections often occur at dendritic spines.
Adjective
- (neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite
- dendritic fiber