dendron

¹

[ den-dron ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural den·drons, den·dra [den, -dr, uh].

1. a dendrite.

-dendron

²

1. variant of dendro- as final element of a compound word:

   rhododendron.

dendron

/ ˈdɛndrɒn /

noun

1. another name for dendrite

Other Words From

• dendric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dendron¹

1890–95; < New Latin < Greek déndron tree

Example Sentences

The first clinic in Surry County was held Feb. 6 at the high school in the small town of Dendron.

From Seattle Times

The first clinic in Surry County was held Feb. 6 at the high school in the small town of Dendron.

From Washington Times

Instead, with the assent of his supervisor at Rockefeller, the cell biologist Zanvil Cohn, Steinman declared his cells “dendritic,” from the Greek dendron for tree.

From New York Times

He and Dr. Cohn coined the term, whose Greek root, “dendron,” or “tree,” refers to the branched projections that the cells develop.

From New York Times

Their inner ends terminate in one or sometimes two stout processes which repeatedly branch dichotomously, thus forming a very elaborate dendron in the molecular layer.

From Project Gutenberg