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excitomotory

excitomotory adjective: exciting motion; said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve centre and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.

Adjective

excitomotory (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Exciting motion; said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve centre and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.
    • excitomotory action
    • excitomotory function

Forms of excitomotory

alternative formexcitomotor
alternative formexcito-motory

Questions about excitomotory

What does excitomotory mean?
Excitomotory means exciting motion; said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve centre and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.
What part of speech is excitomotory?
Excitomotory is an adjective.

Words near excitomotory in the dictionary

  1. excitive
  2. excitives
  3. excito-
  4. excitoglandular
  5. excitomotor
  6. excitomotory
  7. exciton
  8. excitoneurotoxicity
  9. excitonic
  10. excitonically
  11. excitonics

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