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arborization
[ahr″bor-ĭ-za´shun]a collection of branches, as the branching terminus of a nerve-cell process.
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ar·bo·ri·za·tion
(ar'bōr-i-zā'shŭn),1. The terminal branching of nerve fibers or blood vessels in a treelike pattern.
2. The branched pattern formed under certain conditions by a dried smear of cervical mucus.
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arborization
(är′bər-ĭ-zā′shən)n.
1. A branching, treelike shape or arrangement, as that of the dendrite of a nerve cell.
2. The formation of a treelike shape or arrangement.
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ar·bo·ri·za·tion
(ahr'bŏr-ī-zā'shŭn)1. The terminal branching of nerve fibers or blood vessels in a treelike pattern.
2. The branched pattern formed by a dried smear of cervical mucus, indicating the effect of estrogen unopposed by progesterone.
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ar·bo·ri·za·tion
(ahr'bŏr-ī-zā'shŭn)The terminal branching of nerve fibers or blood vessels in a treelike pattern.
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