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renervates

renervates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of renervate.

Meaning of renervate

Verb

renervate (third-person singular simple present renervates, present participle renervating, simple past and past participle renervated)

  1. (transitive) To restore nerve stimulation to.
    • Subsequently, studies by Lugaro (104), Ramón y Cajal (161), Van Harrelveld (202), Edds (49), and Hoffman (72) provided anatomic and physiologic evidence that intact fibers from partially cut peripheral nerves can generate axon sprouts that renervate muscles.2006, Claude G. Wasterlain, David M. Treiman, Status Epilepticus: Mechanisms and Management, page 441
  2. (intransitive) (of a body part) To regain nerve stimulation.
    • In addition to that, Dr. Shumway would tell you that hearts tend to renervate after six months.1982, Albert Vincent Godefridus Bruschke, Gerard Herpen, Frans E. E. Vermeulen, Coronary Artery Disease Today, page 90
  3. (obsolete) To have one's strength to return.

Questions about renervates

What is renervates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Renervates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of renervate.

Words near renervates in the dictionary

  1. renegues
  2. reneguing
  3. Renens
  4. renervate
  5. renervated
  6. renervates
  7. renervating
  8. renervation
  9. renervations
  10. renerve
  11. renerved

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