hodophobic

comparative more hodophobic · superlative most hodophobic

1. medicineOf the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.First known use late 20th c.

   The dendrites of the pontine neurons are not as "hodophobic" as those of the inferior olivary nucleus.

   1968, E[nrique] Ramón-Moliner, “The Morphology of Dendrites”, in Geoffrey H[oward] Bourne, editor, The Structure and Function of Nervous Tissue, volume I (Structure I), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →OCLC, pages 234–235

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   The majority of the territories usually included in the brain stem reticular formation exhibit the characteristic of "hodophilic" dendrites, in contrast to, for example, the inferior olive and pontine nuclei in which the dendrites are rarely found to extend into fiber bundles and could thus be described as "hodophobic."

   1966 March, E[nrique] Ramón-Moliner, W[alle] J[etze] H[arinx] Nauta, “The Isodendritic Core of the Brain Stem”, in The Journal of Comparative Neurology, volume 126, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Wiley-Liss, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 315, column 2; reprinted in Neuroanatomy: Selected Papers of Walle J. H. Nauta (Contemporary Neuroscientists: Selected Papers of Leaders in Brain Research), Boston, Mass.; Basel: Birkhäuser, 1993, →DOI, →ISBN, part III (General Organization of the Central Nervous System), page 242, column 2

   Ramón-Moliner and Nauta (1966) designated the closed nuclei, in which dendrites do not extend into adjacent fibre bundles, as ‘hodophobic’.

   1997, R[udolf] Nieuwenhuys, H[endrik] J[an] ten Donkelaar, C[harles] Nicholson, “Structure and Organisation of Centres”, in The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates, Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 49, column 2

   This dendritic pattern corresponds to the hodophobic tendencies of allodendritic neurons found in the analogue nucleus of cat,^([sic]) but in the guinea pig these neurons are weakly branched.

   2000 February 7, Anna Robak, “The Neuronal Structure of the Mamillary Nuclei in Guinea Pig: Nissl, Klüver-Barrera and Golgi Studies”, in Folia Morphologica, volume 59, number 2, Gdańsk, Poland: Via Medica, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, archived from the original on 30 May 2021, page 109, column 1

   Ramon-Moliner and Nauta (Ramon-Moliner and Nauta, 1966) proposed division of brainstem nuclei into two major groups: (1) "closed" nuclei with relatively homogeneous perikaryal morphology and specialized, hodophobic dendrites that remain confined to nuclear boundaries; and (2) "open" nuclei with non-specialized (isodendritic) and overlapping dendritic branches, considerable cytological heterogeneity, and hodophilic tendency for spread into nearby fiber bundles.

   2012, Changiz Geula, M[arek-]Marsel Mesulam, “Brainstem Cholinergic Systems”, in Jürgen K[onrad] Mai, George Paxinos, editors, The Human Nervous System, 3rd edition, London; Waltham, Mass.: Academic Press, →DOI, →ISBN, part III (Brainstem and Cerebellum), page 456, column 2

   Antonyms: hodophilic

2. human sciencesSuffering from hodophobia; pathologically afraid of travel.

   Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology, was hodophobic, afraid of traveling.

   1990 April, Denise Hastings, “Maybe I Do Have a Phobia, but So Does Everyone, Right?”, in Josie F[ernandez] Jackson, editor, In Formation, volume II, number 4, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.: Public Affairs Office, 403rd Tactical Airlift Wing, →OCLC, page 2, column 3

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   Estimates of the number of hodophobic Americans—ranging from those who drive, ride or fly with white knuckles to those who don't travel at all—run as high as 10 percent of the population.

   1995, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman, volume 101, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Everybody, including the hodophobic, inebriated Maureen Stapleton, arrived in New York very, very happy.

   1995, Maureen Stapleton, Jane Scovell, chapter 10, in A Hell of a Life: An Autobiography, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 249

   Cars are small. Too small. Your dog gets claustrophobic. Your gear gets cleisiophobic (fear of being locked in small, enclosed spaces). Your significant other gets hodophobic (fear of road travel). It's enough to make you lyssophobic (fear of going mad). Which is just another way of saying, at Isuzu, we're carophobic. That's why we make the surprisingly spacious Isuzu Rodeo.

   1999 May, “Yeah, We’re Carophobics [advertisement]”, in Thom Hogan, editor, Backpacker: The Magazine of Wilderness Travel, volume 27, issue 177, number 4, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13

   [O]f course, the murderous innkeeper is a stereotype in hodophobic (fear of road travel) horror and suspense novels and films.

   2008, Mike Mayo, “Bender Family”, in American Murder: Criminals, Crime, and the Media, Canton, Miss.: Visible Ink Press, →ISBN, page 32, column 1

   Antonyms: hodophilic