Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or affecting both nerves and muscles.
- adjective Having the characteristics of both nervous and muscular tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to nerve and to muscle; especially, resembling or partaking of the nature both of nervous and of muscular tissue; having a character intermediate between that of muscle and that of nerve; representing or physiologically acting both as a nerve and as a muscle: as, the neuromuscular cells of the freshwater polyp (Hydra).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Nervomuscular.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to the
voluntary orreflexive control ofmuscles bynerves .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue
Etymologies
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Examples
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Below are some of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's recent and ongoing studies in neuromuscular disease.
Neuromuscular Disorder Research Studies, Clinical Trials 2010
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Kentucky's lawyer disagreed with Justice Stevens, but Mr. Alper said his research into state laws and regulations governing animal euthanasia revealed that concerns about pain motivated decisions to ban the use of the paralytics, which also are called neuromuscular blocking agents.
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This synapse-like connection between nerve and muscle is called the neuromuscular junction (or myoneural junction).
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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This key structure is called the neuromuscular junction, she said.
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This key structure is called the neuromuscular junction, she said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This key structure is called the neuromuscular junction, she said.
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This key structure is called the neuromuscular junction, she said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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In young mice (top), the part of a motor neuron that releases chemical signals (green) and the receptors on the muscle that receive those signals (red) align to create a structure known as the neuromuscular junction.
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This key structure is called the neuromuscular junction, she said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This key structure is called the neuromuscular junction, she said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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