innervation
English
Etymology
From innervate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ɪˌnɝˈveɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
innervation (countable and uncountable, plural innervations)
- (anatomy, zoology):
- The act of innervating or stimulating.
- Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.
- The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.
Derived terms
- deinnervation
- dysinnervation
- hyperinnervation
- hypoinnervation
- innervational
- monoinnervation
- neoinnervation
- polyinnervation
Translations
act of innervating
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special excited activity
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distribution of nerves
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References
- “innervation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “innervate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
French
Noun
innervation f (plural innervations)
- innervation
Further reading
- “innervation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.