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motor unit
noun
, Cell Biology, Physiology.
- a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of motor unit1
First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences
The flexibility of the gasolene-motor unit is indeed astounding.
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The upshot of it was that somebody reported him, and the officer in command of his "motor-unit" read him a stern lecture.
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He wrote a letter to the officer in command of his motor-unit, telling what had happened to him, and couldn't it be arranged?
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For the moment we have permitted ourselves to drift away from the gasolene-motor unit upon the railroad track.
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