Definition of Arborescence

1. n. The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.

Definition of Arborescence

1. Noun. tree structure ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arborescence

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Arborescence

1. The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arborescence

arboraceous
arborary
arborator
arborators
arborcide
arboreal
arboreal salamander
arboreality
arboreally
arboreals
arbored
arboreol
arboreols
arboreous
arbores
arborescence (current term)
arborescences
arborescent
arborescent cataract
arborescent plant
arboresque
arboret
arboreta
arborets
arboretum
arboretums
arborical
arboricidal
arboricide
arboricides

Literary usage of Arborescence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1908)
"One is forced to the supposition that the arborescence is caused by this disease. ... But against this, I would urge that the arborescence may be visible in ..."

2. A Manual of Psychology by George Frederick Stout (1915)
"there divide and subdivide into minute twigs, forming what is called an arborescence. Axons are the essential part of nerve-fibres ; they pass for a longer ..."

3. Medical diseases of infancy and childhood by Dawson Williams, Frank Spooner Churchill (1900)
"Destruction or degeneration of the cell involves degeneration of its axis cylinder and the arborescence by which it terminates. Destruction of the pyramidal ..."

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