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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Wallerian degeneration

· Wal·le·ri·an de·gen·er·a·tion · IPA
01 A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of i…
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    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.(Med.)