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Nerve cell part
Answer for the clue "Nerve cell part ", 7 letters:
dendron
Word definitions for dendron in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context cytology English) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendrite. 2 (context chemistry English) A section of a dendrimer that includes the central atom or group.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dendron (δένδρον) is the Greek word for "tree". Most, but not all, other uses of the name are derived from that meaning. It can refer to:
Gazetteer
Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 297 Housing Units (2000): 121 Land area (2000): 3.565329 sq. miles (9.234160 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.565329 sq. miles (9.234160 sq. km) FIPS code: 22160 Located within: Virginia ...
Usage examples of dendron.
The landscape was bleak and dry, supporting only a few stunted gong-trees, an occasional tumble of cactus, an isolated dendron, black or purple or red.
Finally, he fused a short thread of axon between two lengths of dendron, then chortled in delight as an eyestalk hanging from the front of the casing rose and focused on Jaina.
When they reached the woods, Sarafia led him into the deeper shadows until they found a dendron tree, whose low, overhanging branches formed a sort of living cave.
Nestled in a nutlike shell no larger than a human fist, the organ was a tangle of axons and dendrons webbing together a gelatinous muddle of neuron clusters.
Suddenly the countryside rose and fell in majestic undulations, full of creeping thickets of laurel, rhodo dendron and palmetto.