innervation

English

Etymology

innervate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

innervation (countable and uncountable, plural innervations)

1. The act of innervating or stimulating.
2. Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs.
3. The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts

Derived terms

• dysinnervation
• polyinnervation

Translations

act

• Finnish: hermoärsytys
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activity

• Finnish: vaste (fi)
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• Spanish: inervación (es) f

distribution of nerves

• Finnish: hermotus (fi)
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