internuncial

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

inter- +‎ nuncial

Adjective[edit]

internuncial (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to an internuncio.
  2. Between neurons; communicating or transmitting impressions between different parts of the body.
    • 1874, William Benjamin Carpenter, Principles of mental physiology:
      there must also be a definite Nervous system , whose action may be purely internuncial , —that of calling forth Muscular movements in respondence to the impressions made by external agencies

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