"Wallerian degeneration" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Wallerian degeneration (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) 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. Wikipedia link: Wallerian degeneration Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
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