Examples of highfalutin in a sentence. 1  a highfalutin way of talking. 2  his highfalutin paean to the working class failed to win over a crowd that wanted to hear down-to-earth proposals for economic relief.
White matter disease is the wearing away of tissue in the largest and deepest part of your brain due to aging. This tissue contains millions of nerve fibers, or axons, that connect other parts of the brain and spinal cord and signal your nerves to talk to one another.
Diagnosis of White Matter Damage (WMD) White matter in the brain is made of axons, which are like wires that carry messages between neurons and supporting cells. White matter sits underneath the brainâs cortex, or grey matter. In general, white matter damage (WMD) is caused by a lack of oxygen to that part of the brain. Periventricular leucomalacia (PVL) is a condition in which decreased blood flow to brain tissue causes it to soften up and eventually die.