Meaning

1 senses
  1. The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract).

    elektrische Erregung einer Nervenzelle, Aktionspotenzial eines Neurons, Nervenimpuls

    не́рвный и́мпульсnérvnyj ímpulʹs

More definitions
  • the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

Translations

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Forms

plural: nerve impulses
Singularnerve impulse
Pluralnerve impulses

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
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Word family

2 related words

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