motor unit
nounCell Biology, Physiology.
a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.
Origin of motor unit
1First recorded in 1965–70
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How to use motor unit in a sentence
The flexibility of the gasolene-motor unit is indeed astounding.
Our Railroads To-Morrow | Edward HungerfordThe upshot of it was that somebody reported him, and the officer in command of his "motor-unit" read him a stern lecture.
Jimmie Higgins | Upton SinclairHe wrote a letter to the officer in command of his motor-unit, telling what had happened to him, and couldn't it be arranged?
Jimmie Higgins | Upton SinclairFor the moment we have permitted ourselves to drift away from the gasolene-motor unit upon the railroad track.
Our Railroads To-Morrow | Edward Hungerford
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