dendron

Significado (Inglês)

1. A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendrite.
2. A section of a dendrimer that includes the central atom or group.

Sinônimos

dendrite

neurodendrite

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈdɛndɹən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Coined from dendrite by E. A. Schäfer in 1893, by analogy with neuron.