Dendritic

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or resembling a dendrite.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a dendritic cell.
  • adjective. Dendriform.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Resembling a tree; tree-like; arborescent in form; dendriform.
  • Marked by figures resembling shrubs, mosses, etc.: said of certain minerals. See dendrite.
  • In physical geography, branching irregularly, in the form of a tree: as, dendritic drainage, streams, valleys.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having a branching structure similar to a tree
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to or possessing dendrites
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite
  • Word Usage
    "The cells Steinman discovered, which he dubbed dendritic cells, are born in the bone marrow but appear all over the body - in skin, kidneys, liver, gut and elsewhere."
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