dendron Anat.
(ˈdɛndrɒn)
[f. dendrite + -on as in neuron, axon.]
= dendrite 3.
| 1893 E. A. Schäfer in Brain XVI. 136, I propose therefore to term the axis-cylinder or nerve-fibre processes neurons; and the protoplasmic processes dendrons. [Note] The latter have been known as ‘dendrites’, but the termination ‘on’ is..preferable to ‘ite’. 1899 Ibid. XXII. 209 The protoplasmic processes are also referred to as the dendrites (His), dendrons (Schäfer) and dendritic processes. 1967 C. R. Noback Human Nerv. Syst. ii. 32/1 Neurons have two types of processes, viz., axons and dendrites (dendrons). |