excitomotory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. 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.

Word forms

excitomotory excitomotor excito-motory
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