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noun
A rarefaction of the white matter in the brain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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History
From Greek leuko (white) plus Araios. Greek Araios is an adjective meaning “rarefied”, and the suffix -osis converts the adjective to a noun meaning “rarefaction, diminution of density” .
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