axonal degeneration
ax·o·nal de·gen·er·a·tion
a type of peripheral nerve fiber response to insult, wherein axon death and subsequent breakdown occur, with secondary breakdown of the myelin sheath associated; caused by focal injury to peripheral nerve fibers; often referred to as
wallerian degeneration.
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