How to pronounce “dendrite”

Meaning

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

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