'Wallerian degeneration' definitions:

Definition of 'Wallerian degeneration'

From: GCIDE

Wallerian degeneration \Wal*le"ri*an de*gen`er*a"tion\ (Med.) A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850. [1913 Webster]