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adj
Pertaining to the voluntary or reflexive control of muscles by nerves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh1wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English muscular English neuromuscular From neuro- + muscular.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
