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Vinony

innervation

noun

  1. process in which a nerve invades a tissue and makes functional synaptic connection within the tissue
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/ / /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃn̩/ / /ˌɪn.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English nerve Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English innervate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English innervation From innervate + -ion.

  1. The act of innervating or stimulating.
  2. 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.
  3. The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.