Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wallerian degeneration

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wal-le-ri-an de-gen-er-a-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

8

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Usage

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Questions

What does wallerian degeneration mean?: 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.

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