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Wallerian degeneration

Wallerian degeneration noun: a process that results when a nerve fiber is cut or crushed, in which the part of the axon separated from the neuron's cell body degenerates distal to the injury.

Noun

Wallerian degeneration (uncountable)

  1. A process that results when a nerve fiber is cut or crushed, in which the part of the axon separated from the neuron's cell body degenerates distal to the injury.

Questions about Wallerian degeneration

What does Wallerian degeneration mean?
Wallerian degeneration means a process that results when a nerve fiber is cut or crushed, in which the part of the axon separated from the neuron's cell body degenerates distal to the injury.
What part of speech is Wallerian degeneration?
Wallerian degeneration is a noun.

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