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On of the threadlike extensions of the cytoplasm of a neurone. In unipolar and bipolar neurones, they resemble axons structurally, but typically, as in multipolar neurones, they branch into treelike processes. Dendrites comprise most of the receptive surfaces of a neurone.
(12 Dec 1998)
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