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neurodegeneration en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English degeneration English neurodegeneration From neuro- + degeneration.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The degeneration (and death) of neurons.
   • Although conventional MRI cannot establish the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, increasingly sophisticated imaging techniques are making it possible to study these processes in vivo. 2008, “Magnetization Transfer Imaging”, in M. Filippi, M. Rovaris, G. Comi, editors, Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 47:
   • PQQ was potentially effective for preventing cognitive deficit in neurodegeneration caused by oxidative stress [12]. 2010 October 10, Yanyan Kong et al., “Preparation of 99mTc-PQQ and preliminary biological evaluation for the NMDA receptor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 287, →DOI, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025:

Forms

Relateds

neurodegenerative disease · neurodegenerative

Translations (5)

fr neurodégénérescence (the degeneration and death of neurons) · el νευροεκφύλιση (the degeneration and death of neurons) · uk нейродегенера́ція (the degeneration and death of neurons) · ru нейродегенерация (the degeneration and death of neurons) · el νευροεκφυλισμός (the degeneration and death of neurons)