end plate


noun
  1. Mining. one of the shorter members of a set.: Compare wall plate (def. 3).

  2. Cell Biology. a specialized area on the surface of a muscle fiber where a motor neuron makes contact with the muscle, consisting of an irregularly shaped trough into which the terminal portion of the axon fits.

Origin of end plate

1
First recorded in 1875–80

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British Dictionary definitions for endplate

endplate

/ (ˈɛndˌpleɪt) /


noun
  1. any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something

  2. physiol the flattened end of a motor nerve fibre, which transmits impulses to muscle

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