dendritic
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dendrite (ˈdɛndraɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: dendron any of the short branched threadlike extensions of a nerve cell, which conduct impulses towards the cell body |
| 2. | a branching mosslike crystalline structure in some rocks and minerals |
| 3. | a crystal that has branched during growth and has a treelike form |
| [C18: from Greek dendritēs relating to a tree] | |
| dendritic | |
| —adj | |
| den'dritical | |
| —adj | |
| den'dritically | |
| —adv | |
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Dendritic
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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dendritic den·drit·ic (děn-drĭt'ĭk)
adj.
Relating to the dendrites of nerve cells.
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They designed a tiny polymer disk saturated with dendritic cells and antigens specifically tuned to go after tumor cells.
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