Present participle of arborize; the process of assuming or forming a tree-like or branching structure.
Present participle (-ing form) of arborize, indicating an ongoing action. English forms present participles by adding -ing to the base verb.
During embryonic development, neurons literally spend months arborizing—extending branches that search for connections with other neurons, and about 50% of those connections are later pruned away, making brain development a process of elaborate building then selective deletion.
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