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neurofiber

neurofiber noun: a fiber formed of the dendrite of a neuron.

Noun

neurofiber (plural neurofibers)

  1. A fiber formed of the dendrite of a neuron.
    • According to Yohro (1985, 1988), the vibrissa around the mouth is a sensory organ, receiving approximately 100 neurofibers and containing several sensory nerve ends. The neurofiber leading to the vibrissa is a dendrite which elongates from the nerve cell in the trigeminal ganglion toward the...1996, Masumi Inaba, Yoshitaka Inaba, Androgenetic Alopecia: Modern Concepts of Pathogenesis and Treatment
    • Red-free photography clearly shows a loss of the neurofiber layer during this follow-up period.2012, Augusto Azuara-Blanco, Parwez Hossain, Noemi Lois, Diagnostic Technologies in Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 131

Examples of neurofiber in a sentence

  • According to Yohro (1985, 1988), the vibrissa around the mouth is a sensory organ, receiving approximately 100 neurofibers and containing several sensory nerve ends.1996, Masumi Inaba, Yoshitaka Inaba, Androgenetic Alopecia: Modern Concepts of Pathogenesis and Treatment:
  • Each neuron, actually, has one neurofiber but many dendrites stretch from within out.2017, Imad Fawzi Shueibi, How A Female Thinks, →ISBN, page 34:

Forms of neurofiber

pluralneurofibers

Origin of neurofiber

From neuro- + fiber.

Questions about neurofiber

What does neurofiber mean?
Neurofiber means a fiber formed of the dendrite of a neuron.
How do you use neurofiber in a sentence?
According to Yohro (1985, 1988), the vibrissa around the mouth is a sensory organ, receiving approximately 100 neurofibers and containing several sensory nerve ends.
What part of speech is neurofiber?
Neurofiber is a noun.
What is the plural of neurofiber?
The plural of neurofiber is neurofibers.

Words near neurofiber in the dictionary

  1. neurofascins
  2. neurofeedback
  3. neurofeminist
  4. neuroferritinopathies
  5. neuroferritinopathy
  6. neurofiber
  7. neurofibers
  8. neurofibre
  9. neurofibres
  10. neurofibril
  11. neurofibrillar

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