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Meaning:

Noun:

  • metallurgy tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
  • 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.

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