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Definition: Dendritic |
DendriticAdjective1. (neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite; "dendritic fiber". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dendritic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | 1. branched like a tree. 2. pertaining to or possessing dendrites. (references) |
Hydrologic | The form of the drainage pattern of a stream and it's tributaries when it follows a treelike shape, with the main trunk, branches, and twigs corresponding to the main stream, tributaries, and subtributaries, respectively, of the stream. (references) |
Mining | Said of a mineral that has crystallized in a branching pattern.Syn:arborescent; dendriform. (references) |
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Crosswords: Dendritic |
| English words defined with "dendritic": Belonite ♦ Dendrachate ♦ moss agate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dendritic": Antigen-Presenting Cells, Antigens, CD1, Antigens, CD40 ♦ dendritic cell, dendritic cell vaccine, Dendritic Cells, dendritic drainage, dendritic markings, Dendritic Web Technique ♦ Langerhans Cells ♦ Melanocytes, moss form ♦ Receptors, Complement 3d, Retinal Ganglion Cells ♦ tree agate. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dendritic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (dendritic). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Dendritic ice crystals illuminated by spotlight.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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Health | Immunohistochemistry analysis has shown that viral antigens are distributed primarily within the endothelium of capillaries throughout various tissues from patients with HPS. Marked accumulations of hantaviral antigens are seen in the pulmonary microvasculature and in follicular dendritic cells within the lymphoid follicles of spleen and lymph nodes. (references) | |
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| "Dendritic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dendritic" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 48 | 49,194 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dendritic": dendritic cell ♦ dendritic cell vaccine ♦ Dendritic Cells. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dendritic cell | 34 |
dendritic | 9 |
dendritic salt | 5 |
dendritic nanotechnology | 5 |
dendritic cell vaccines | 3 |
dendritic vaccine | 2 |
agate dendritic | 2 |
cell dendritic vaccine | 2 |
abnormality dendritic spines | 2 |
cell dendritic picture | 2 |
dendritic field growth phase | 2 |
cell dendritic therapy | 2 |
dendritic growth | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dendritic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i drunjëzuar (dendriform, dendroid), i degëzuar (bifurcate, branchy, dendroid, furcate, ramified, ramose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 状 (Dendritical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dendritisk (arborescent, branching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dendritisch (arborescent, branching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | dendriittinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dendritique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dendritisch (arborescent, branching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δενδριτικός (arborescent, branching), δενδροειδής (arborescent, branching, dendroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fa alakú (arboraceous, dendroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dendritico (arborescent, branching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | endriticday dendrítico. (various references) dendritic. (various references) древовидный (arboraceous, arboreous, arborescent, dendriform, dendroid, tree-like, tree-structured, tree-type). (various references) dendritski. (various references) dendrítico (arborescent, branching), ramificado (dendriform, ramified, ramose), arborescente (arborescent, dendriform). (various references) dendritisk, trädliknande (arborescent, dendriform, dendroid). (various references) гіллястий (brachiate, branched, dendriform, dendritical, ramose, ramous), деревоподібний (arboreous, arborescent, dendriform, dendritical), дендритовий (dendritical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dendritic" (pronounced dendri"tik) |
| 5 | -r i" t i k | arthritic, critic. |
| 4 | -i" t i k | analytic, catalytic, electrolytic, granitic, halophytic, hemolytic, hermaphroditic, neritic, paralytic, parasitic, porphyritic, psychoanalytic, thrombolytic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, artistic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, cosmetic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, gymnastic, hectic, hedonistic, hepatic, heretic, holistic, homeostatic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paramagnetic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, poetic, polytheistic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synergistic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-i-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: indicted, indicter, indirect, nitrided, reindict. | |
-2 letters: citrine, crinite, dictier, dineric, dirtied, identic, incited, inciter, indited, inditer, neritic, nitride. | |
-3 letters: cinder, citied, citrin, credit, cretin, dicier, dinted, direct, incite, indict, indite, irenic, nitric, nitrid, ridden, rident, rinded, tidied, tidier, tinder, tineid, tinier, triced, trined. | |
-4 letters: cider, cited, citer, cried, diced, dicer, didie, dined, diner, dried. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-d-e-i-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: reindicted. | |
+2 letters: interdicted, readdicting, rodenticide. | |
+3 letters: discrediting, endocarditis, rededicating, rededication, rodenticides. | |
+4 letters: discriminated, indoctrinated, reconditioned, rededications. | |
+5 letters: counterbidding, endocarditises, preconditioned. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6E 64 72 69 74 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -. -.. .-. .. - .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101110 01100100 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e n d r i t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006E 0064 0072 0069 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387180708475867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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