neuritic
- a word derived from neuritis.
Example Sentences
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Over the last several decades, billions have been spent targeting the amyloid that clumps together to form the neuritic plaques first documented by German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer in 1906.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2021
Again, amyloid mouse models with the R47H variant developed more neuritic plaque tau pathology near amyloid plaques when injected with tau seeds.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2021
Mice that already had amyloid pathology developed neuritic plaque tau, the axon-damaging form of the protein.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2021
Acute neuritic pains of rheumatism often cease after fever treatment.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Where there are actual neuritic processes present they will almost surely fail.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)