also  tele*den*dron  or  telo*den*dron  n, pl  telo*den*dria  also  tele*den*dra  or  telo*den*dra   :  the terminal arborization of a nerve fiber - used orig. of dendrites but now esp. of the main arborization of an axon .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  teledendron 
 
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