Advertisement

Advertisement

motor unit

noun

, Cell Biology, Physiology.
  1. a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of motor unit1

First recorded in 1965–70

Discover More

Example Sentences

The flexibility of the gasolene-motor unit is indeed astounding.

The upshot of it was that somebody reported him, and the officer in command of his "motor-unit" read him a stern lecture.

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?

For the moment we have permitted ourselves to drift away from the gasolene-motor unit upon the railroad track.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement