DENDRON

Etymology

Noun

dendron (plural dendrons)

(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendrite.

(chemistry) A section of a dendrimer that includes the central atom or group.

Etymology

Proper noun

Dendron

A small village in South Cumbria, England.

A town in Surry County, Virginia, United States.

Source: Wiktionary



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INITIALISM

(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”


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