wallerian
/wɒlɪˈɛriən/Definitions
1. adjective
relating to the Wallerian degeneration, a process in which nerve fibres degenerate after being severed from their cell bodies.
“The researcher was studying the wallerian degeneration of nerve fibres in the brain.”
2. noun
a nerve fibre that has degenerated after being severed from its cell body.
“The wallerian of the nerve fibre was observed under the microscope.”