Hodophobic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌhɒdə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hodophobic is an adjective meaning (neurology) Of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.
Meaning
(neurology) Of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.
More Meanings
- (psychiatry) Suffering from hodophobia; pathologically afraid of travel.
Example Sentences
Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology, was hodophobic, afraid of traveling.
The dendrites of the pontine neurons are not as "hodophobic" as those of the inferior olivary nucleus.
Everybody, including the hodophobic, inebriated Maureen Stapleton, arrived in New York very, very happy.
Ramón-Moliner and Nauta (1966) designated the closed nuclei, in which dendrites do not extend into adjacent fibre bundles, as ‘hodophobic’.
Antonyms for hodophobic
Common opposites include hodophilic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neurophilic, neurorepulsive, neurotrophic, synaptodendritic, neurocytic, synaptodentritic.
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