Neurodegeneration

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The degeneration (and death) of neurons. countable, uncountable

    "Although conventional MRI cannot establish the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, increasingly sophisticated imaging techniques are making it possible to study these processes in vivo."

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neurodegenerescenceneurodegradation

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"Although conventional MRI cannot establish the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, increasingly sophisticated imaging techniques are making it possible to study these processes in vivo."

Etymology

From neuro- + degeneration.

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