dendrite
noun /ˈdendraɪt/
/ˈdendraɪt/
(also dendron
(biology /ˈdendrɒn/
/ˈdendrɑːn/
)- a short branch at the end of a nerve cell that receives signals from other cells
树突（位于神经元末端的树枝状突起，接收其他神经元传来的信号） 词源early 18th cent.: from French, from Greek dendritēs ‘tree-like’, from dendron ‘tree’.