telodendrion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The terminal branching of an axon; a telodendron.

Word forms

telodendrion telodendrions telodendron

Etymology

From telo- + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + -ion (suffix used for neo-classical compounds, compare -ιον (-ion)). Attested from the 1890s.

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