NEURITES
\njˈuːɹa͡ɪts], \njˈuːɹaɪts], \n_j_ˈuː_ɹ_aɪ_t_s]\
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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.
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