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neurofiber en · NOUN

Etymology

From neuro- + fiber.

Meanings

1. A fiber formed of the dendrite of a neuron.
   • Red-free photography clearly shows a loss of the neurofiber layer during this follow-up period. 2012, Augusto Azuara-Blanco, Parwez Hossain, Noemi Lois, Diagnostic Technologies in Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 131:
   • Each neuron, actually, has one neurofiber but many dendrites stretch from within out. 2017, Imad Fawzi Shueibi, How A Female Thinks, →ISBN, page 34:
   • According to Yohro (1985, 1988), the vibrissa around the mouth is a sensory organ, receiving approximately 100 neurofibers and containing several sensory nerve ends. The neurofiber leading to the vibrissa is a dendrite which elongates from the nerve cell in the trigeminal ganglion toward the periphery. 1996, Masumi Inaba, Yoshitaka Inaba, Androgenetic Alopecia: Modern Concepts of Pathogenesis and Treatment:

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