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hodophobic

Syllables: ho·do·phob·ic/ˌhɒdə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪk//ˌhɑdəˈfoʊbɪk/

hodophobic adjective: of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.

Adjective

hodophobic (comparative more hodophobic, superlative most hodophobic)

  1. Of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.
    • The majority of the territories usually included in the brain stem reticular formation exhibit the characteristic of "hodophilic" dendrites, in contrast to, for example, the inferior olive and pontine nuclei in which the dendrites are rarely found to extend into fiber bundles and could thus be...1966 March, E[nrique] Ramón-Moliner, W[alle] J[etze] H[arinx] Nauta, “The Isodendritic Core of the Brain Stem”, in The Journal of Comparative Neurology, volume 126, number 3, New York, N.Y....
    • The dendrites of the pontine neurons are not as "hodophobic" as those of the inferior olivary nucleus.1968, E[nrique] Ramón-Moliner, “The Morphology of Dendrites”, in Geoffrey H[oward] Bourne, editor, The Structure and Function of Nervous Tissue, volume I (Structure I), New York, N.Y.; London...
    Antonyms:
    hodophilic
  2. Suffering from hodophobia; pathologically afraid of travel.
    • Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology, was hodophobic, afraid of traveling.1990 April, Denise Hastings, “Maybe I Do Have a Phobia, but So Does Everyone, Right?”, in Josie F[ernandez] Jackson, editor, In Formation, volume II, number 4, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.: Public...
    • Estimates of the number of hodophobic Americans—ranging from those who drive, ride or fly with white knuckles to those who don't travel at all—run as high as 10 percent of the population.1995, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman, volume 101, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC
    Antonyms:
    hodophilic

Examples of hodophobic in a sentence

  • Ramón-Moliner and Nauta (1966) designated the closed nuclei, in which dendrites do not extend into adjacent fibre bundles, as ‘hodophobic’.1997, R[udolf] Nieuwenhuys, H[endrik] J[an] ten Donkelaar, C[harles] Nicholson, “Structure and Organisation of Centres”, in The Central...
  • This dendritic pattern corresponds to the hodophobic tendencies of allodendritic neurons found in the analogue nucleus of cat,^([sic]) but in the guinea pig these neurons are weakly branched.2000 February 7, Anna Robak, “The Neuronal Structure of the Mamillary Nuclei in Guinea Pig: Nissl, Klüver-Barrera and Golgi Studies”, in...
  • Everybody, including the hodophobic, inebriated Maureen Stapleton, arrived in New York very, very happy.1995, Maureen Stapleton, Jane Scovell, chapter 10, in A Hell of a Life: An Autobiography, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 249:
  • Your significant other gets hodophobic (fear of road travel).1999 May, “Yeah, We’re Carophobics [advertisement]”, in Thom Hogan, editor, Backpacker: The Magazine of Wilderness Travel, volume 27, issue...

Antonyms of hodophobic

Forms of hodophobic

comparativemore hodophobic
superlativemost hodophobic

Origin of hodophobic

From hodo- (prefix meaning ‘path, road; travel’) + -phobic (suffix forming adjectives indicating an aversion or dislike, or a fear of a specific thing). Hodo- is derived from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “path, road, way; journey”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); while -phobic is from -phobia (from Late Latin -phobia, from Koine Greek -φοβία (-phobía), ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “alarm, fear, terror”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (“to flee, run”)) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns). Sense 1 (“of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches”) was possibly coined by Enrique Ramón-Moliner and Walle Nauta in a 1966 article: see the quotation.

Words that rhyme with hodophobic

Questions about hodophobic

What does hodophobic mean?
Hodophobic means of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.
How do you use hodophobic in a sentence?
Ramón-Moliner and Nauta (1966) designated the closed nuclei, in which dendrites do not extend into adjacent fibre bundles, as ‘hodophobic’.
What part of speech is hodophobic?
Hodophobic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hodophobic?
Hodophobic is pronounced /ˌhɒdə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪk/ (UK).

Words near hodophobic in the dictionary

  1. hodophilia
  2. hodophilic
  3. hodophobe
  4. hodophobes
  5. hodophobia
  6. hodophobic
  7. Hodos
  8. hodoscope
  9. hodoscopes
  10. hodotopical
  11. Hodoš

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