nervimotion
English
Etymology
nerve + -i- + motion
Noun
nervimotion (uncountable)
- (physiology) The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nervimotion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)