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hodophobic.

Of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌhɒdə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪk/Received-Pronunciation/ˌhɑdəˈfoʊbɪk/General-American/-doʊ-/General-American
  1. Of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches.

  2. Suffering from hodophobia; pathologically afraid of travel.

Where this word comes from

From hodo- (prefix meaning ‘path, road; travel’) + -phobic (suffix forming adjectives indicating an aversion or dislike, or a fear of a specific thing). Hodo- is derived from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “path, road, way; journey”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); while -phobic is from -phobia (from Late Latin -phobia, from Koine Greek -φοβία (-phobía), ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “alarm, fear, terror”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (“to flee, run”)) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns). Sense 1 (“of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches”) was possibly coined by Enrique Ramón-Moliner and Walle Nauta in a 1966 article: see the quotation.

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