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arborization

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arborization /ar·bo·ri·za·tion/ (ahr″bo-rĭ-za´shun) a collection of branches, as the branching terminus of a nerve-cell process.
ar·bo·ri·za·tion (ärbr--zshn)
n.
1. The treelike terminal branching of nerve fibers or blood vessels.
2. The leaflike pattern formed under certain conditions by a dried smear of cervical mucus.
arborization
a collection of branches, as the branching terminal processes of a nerve cell.
arborization diagnosis method
see decision tree, algorithm.


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3,4) The lower risk of bleeding may be attributable to the fact that the tonsil is removed from the outside in; the resection is performed distal to the arborization of the primary tonsillar vessels, exposing only the smaller branched arterioles.
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Neonatal hypothyroidism also reduces the number of dentate gyrus granule cells (46) and impairs their dendritic arborization (42,47).
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Vascular arborization and anastomoses are not observed.
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