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defasciculates

defasciculates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defasciculate.

Meaning of defasciculate

Verb

defasciculate (third-person singular simple present defasciculates, present participle defasciculating, simple past and past participle defasciculated)

  1. (intransitive) Of an axon, to separate from a fascicle.
    • The second is called "parallel bypass" where SNb defasciculates but continues to parallel the ISN. The third is termed the "stall" where SNb defasciculates and stops on its way to the muscle field.2001, Huidy Shu, A molecular genetic analysis of axon guidance in Drosophila melanogaster: signal transduction and receptor diversity

Questions about defasciculates

What is defasciculates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defasciculates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defasciculate.

Words near defasciculates in the dictionary

  1. defanged
  2. defanging
  3. defangs
  4. defasciculate
  5. defasciculated
  6. defasciculates
  7. defasciculating
  8. defasciculation
  9. defasciculations
  10. defascistisation
  11. defascistization

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