Arborisation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of arborization (“branching, tree-like formation”). UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "These mice exhibit degenerative changes very reminiscent of HD patient pathology including loss of striatal volume, loss of medium spiny neuron arborisation, presence of dark neurons and development of intranuclear and neuropil aggregates"

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bifurcationbranchingramification

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"These mice exhibit degenerative changes very reminiscent of HD patient pathology including loss of striatal volume, loss of medium spiny neuron arborisation, presence of dark neurons and development of intranuclear and neuropil aggregates"

Etymology

From arborise + -ation.

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