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innervation
[ in-er-vey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- Anatomy. the distribution of nerves to a part.
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Other Words From
- inner·vation·al adjective
- hyper·inner·vation adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of innervation1
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Example Sentences
However, the innervation for convergence may be lost, without the internal recti losing in elastic tension.
Their centres of innervation will therefore be stabbed as well, with the leisure which the Mantis, now put out of action, permits.
The sting must therefore aim at the cervical ganglia, the seat of innervation on which the rest of the organism depends.
This increase of innervation is not confined to the muscles which need to be more strongly contracted.
The term local effort is used to describe the direct innervation of the throat muscles.
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