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Noun: pathway  'pãth,wey
  1. A trodden path
    - footpath
     
  2. A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
    - nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract
     
  3. (biochemistry) a sequence of chemical reactions taking place within a cell
    - metabolic pathway

Derived forms: pathways

Type of: path, substantia alba, white matter

Encyclopedia: Pathway