neurility

English

Etymology

neurile +‎ -ity

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Noun

neurility (usually uncountable, plural neurilities)

1. (obsolete, physiology) The special properties and functions of the nerves; the nervous capacity for transmitting a stimulus.
   • 1859, George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life, volume 2:

     This property is stimulated into activity by the Neurility of the nerves, but is not stimulated by those mechanical irritations which suffice to stimulate the nerves.

References

• “neurility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.