Meanings
nounarborisation (plural arborisations)
plural arborisations
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of arborization (“branching, tree-like formation”).
These mice exhibit degenerative changes very reminiscent of HD patient pathology including loss of striatal volume, loss of medium spiny neuron arborisation, presence of dark neurons and development of intranuclear and neuropil aggregates
2005, Marie-Francoise Chesselet, Miriam A. Hickey, Sheila M. Fleming, Pierre-Olivier Fernagut, “Early behavioral phenotypes in mouse models of Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases”, in J. Paul Bolam, Cali A. Ingham, Peter J. Magill, editors, The Basal Ganglia VIII, page 352
Origin
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arborisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arborisation
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“arborisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arborisation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arborisation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arborisation.
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