| neurite | <cell biology> A process growing out of a neuron. As it is hard to distinguish a dendrite from an axon in culture, the term neurite is is used for both. (04 Mar 1998) |
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| neurites | In tissue culture, hairlike projections of neurons stimulated by growth factors and other molecules. These projections may go on to form a branched tree of dendrites or a single axon or they may be reabsorbed at a later stage of development. "neurite" may refer to any filamentous or pointed outgrowth of an embryonal or tissue-culture neural cell. (12 Dec 1998) |