Wallerianadj.
/wɒˈlɪərɪən/ Physiology.
Of or pertaining to Waller, or to the kind of degeneration of tissue discovered by him.
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1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (1878) iii. i. 392 This method of diagnosis is often spoken of as the Wallerian method, after A. Waller.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 863 The part of the nerve-fibre between the rupture and the muscle now undergoes Wallerian degeneration.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 492 The more active or Wallerian degeneration ensues.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 495 The operation of the Wallerian law.
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