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denervation
This term describes a clinical state of disconnection where a muscle or organ is stripped of its neural input. It carries a sterile, medical connotation, focusing on the physiological void left when the communication link between the central nervous system and the peripheral tissue is severed.
Because it refers to a specific pathological or surgical condition, it is treated as an uncountable mass noun in medical discourse. One does not typically refer to multiple denervations in a general sense, but rather to the process of denervation or the state of being denervated.
Meanings
Examples
The patient suffered complete denervation of the lower limb following the accident.
Muscle atrophy is a common consequence of prolonged denervation.
Muscle atrophy is a common consequence of prolonged denervation.
I wonder if the denervation is permanent or if the nerve can regenerate.
The surgeon performed a selective denervation to manage the chronic pain.
Is this numbness caused by partial denervation of the radial nerve?
The study examines the cellular changes that occur during denervation.
He felt a strange void in his arm, a ghostly result of sudden denervation.
Denervation of the cardiac nerves can lead to significant heart rate changes.