Medical Definition of Neuritic plaque

1. Abnormal cluster of dead and dying nerve cells, other brain cells and protein. Neuritic plaques are one of the characteristic structural abnormalities found in the brains of alzheimer patients. Upon autopsy, the presence of neuritic plaques andneurofibrillary tangles is used to positively diagnose Alzheimer's disease. (22 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuritic Plaque

neurilemmoma
neurilemoma
neurility
neurimotility
neurimotor
neurine
neurines
neurinoma
neurism
neurisms
neurit
neurite
neurites
neuritic
neuritic atrophy
neuritic plaque (current term)
neuritics
neuritides
neuritis
neuritises
neuro
neuro-
neuro-central
neuro-cybernetics
neuro-epidermal
neuro-linguistic programming
neuro-oncologist
neuro-oncology
neuro-ophthalmology

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