| Definition of 'wallerian degeneration' |
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1. wallerian degeneration
a form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850
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| Definition of 'wallerian degeneration' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. wallerian degeneration
Degeneration of distal aspects of a nerve axon following injury to the cell body or proximal portion of the axon. The process is characterized by fragmentation of the axon and its MYELIN SHEATH.
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