Usually means: Receivers of signals in neurons.
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  1. dendrites: Merriam-Webster
  2. dendrites: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. dendrites: Wordnik
  5. dendrites: Wiktionary
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  1. dendrites: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. Dendrites: Gems and Precious Stones
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dendrite)

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