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NERVE DEGENERATION

Specialty Definition: NERVE DEGENERATION

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Health

Loss of functional activity and trophic degeneration of nerve axons and their terminal arborizations following the destruction of their cells of origin or interruption of their continuity with these cells. The pathology is characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases. Often the process of nerve degeneration is studied in research on neuroanatomical localization and correlation of the neurophysiology of neural pathways. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: NERVE DEGENERATION

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Health

NINDS-supported scientists are currently working to develop both nonhuman primate and mouse models to investigate nerve degeneration in HD and to study the effects of excitotoxicity on nerve cells in the brain. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NERVE DEGENERATION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

nerve degeneration

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: NERVE DEGENERATION

Language Translations for "NERVE DEGENERATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

nervedegeneration. (various references)

   

French

  

dégénérescense nerveuse. (various references)

   

German

  

Nervendegeneration. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ervenay egenerationday

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: NERVE DEGENERATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-e-e-g-i-n-n-n-o-r-r-t-v"

-3 letters: overengineered.

-4 letters: nondegenerate.

-5 letters: degeneration, degenerative, overengineer, reengineered, regeneration, regenerative, reinnervated.

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Alternative Orthography: NERVE DEGENERATION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 45 52 56 45      44 45 47 45 4E 45 52 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01000101 01010010 01010110 01000101 00100000 01000100 01000101 01000111 01000101 01001110 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#69 &#82 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#68 &#69 &#71 &#69 &#78 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0045 0052 0056 0045      0044 0045 0047 0045 004E 0045 0052 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48395256392383941394839523554434948

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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